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FMRS37 / 100 · D79 / 100 · B
Reliability5 / 2012 / 20
Security and permissions7 / 2016 / 20
Maintenance10 / 2018 / 20
Documentation9 / 2018 / 20
Setup experience6 / 2015 / 20
Best for
  • Developers who want to run MCP servers quickly and securely
  • People who need MCP servers across multiple AI clients with consistency
  • Users who want to avoid manual configuration
  • Developers auditing NPM dependencies within AI workflows
  • Teams performing supply chain security assessments
  • Users of Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code
Not for
  • Developers who need to run MCP on servers without a GUI (CLI version may exist but not documented here)
  • Users needing Kubernetes-native MCP deployment (Operator mentioned but not documented)
  • Projects outside the NPM ecosystem (e.g., pure Python/Go)
  • Environments without network access to deps.dev, OSV.dev, and the npm registry
  • Scenarios requiring maintenance by an official upstream vendor
Required permissions
  • Network access to download MCP server images and communicate with clients
  • Container runtime to create and manage containers
  • Filesystem access for mounting directories for persistence
  • Secret management to securely store server credentials
  • Network access to the NPM registry and external services (deps.dev, OSV.dev, OpenSSF, npms.io, GitHub)
  • Read access to workspace lockfiles (pnpm-lock.yaml, package-lock., yarn.lock) for cache invalidation
Risks and side effects
  • MCP servers may contain malicious code, but container isolation reduces risk
  • Security depends on container runtime configuration
  • Telemetry collects usage data but can be disabled in settings
  • Third-party READMEs and changelogs are untrusted external content; they are wrapped in tags with _meta flags but should still be handled cautiously
  • Depends on availability and accuracy of external services
  • Batch requests are capped at 25 packages to prevent registry enumeration; larger sets require batching
  • Third-party open source project, not officially maintained by NPM or Anthropic
Supported clientsGitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude CodeClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor
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