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MCP servers: Command Line

MCP servers in the Command Line category. Search by intent and copy ready-made configs for Claude Code and Cursor.

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execkit

Community

Stateful, structured, auditable shell sessions for AI agents over local, SSH, and Docker. Secret redaction, output budgeting, SSH host-key verification, and a loopback read-only browser viewer that streams the live transcript.

Command Line rust

No reliable install_ref — see repo instructions.

bash

Community

Sandboxed bash for agents. Run untrusted commands in WebAssembly sandboxes with no setup required.

Command Line typescript

No reliable install_ref — see repo instructions.

servonaut

Community

Manage AWS EC2, Hetzner, OVH and custom SSH servers: run commands, fetch logs, CloudWatch/CloudTrail queries, fleet health snapshots, IP banning, S3 — with readonly/standard/dangerous guard tiers and a JSONL audit trail.

Command Line python

No reliable install_ref — see repo instructions.

mcp-ssh-manager

Community

Manage multiple SSH servers from one MCP: command execution, file transfer/rsync, database dump/import/query (MySQL/PostgreSQL/MongoDB), backups & restore, health monitoring, persistent sessions, tunnels, ProxyJump/bastion, and opt-in per-server security modes (readonly/restricted) with audit log. Linux, macOS & Windows OpenSSH.

Command Line typescript

No reliable install_ref — see repo instructions.

mcp-remote-ssh

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Full SSH access for AI agents with secret-safe environment injection and automatic output redaction. Persistent sessions, structured execution, SFTP, port forwarding — secrets are fed via stdin (invisible to `ps`) and scrubbed from all tool responses before reaching the LLM. `uvx mcp-remote-ssh`

Command Line python
claude mcp add mcp-remote-ssh -- uvx mcp-remote-ssh

tui-mcp

Community

What Chrome DevTools MCP is for the browser, tui-mcp is for the terminal. Launch, screenshot, and interact with any TUI app.

Command Line typescript

No reliable install_ref — see repo instructions.

pty-mcp

Community

Interactive PTY sessions for AI agents — local shells, SSH with persistent sessions (ai-tmux daemon for attach/detach), and serial ports. Single Go binary, no tmux dependency.

Command Line go

No reliable install_ref — see repo instructions.

forge

Community

Terminal MCP server for AI coding agents with persistent PTY sessions, ring-buffer incremental reads, headless xterm screen capture, multi-agent orchestration, and a real-time web dashboard.

Command Line typescript

No reliable install_ref — see repo instructions.

when

Community

Developer toolkit: auto-detect stack for AI context files, catch port conflicts, validate .env schemas, spot docs drift, audit dependency licenses, and time coding tasks — 7 MCP tools, one install.

Command Line typescript

No reliable install_ref — see repo instructions.

claude-terminal-mcp

Community

Terminal, filesystem, and background-job tools for Claude Desktop on Linux/macOS. Zero npm deps, pure Node.

Command Line typescript

No reliable install_ref — see repo instructions.

terminal-history-mcp

Community

Full-text search over your shell history (zsh / bash / fish) via SQLite FTS5. Local-only. 11-pattern secret redaction runs BEFORE insert. Captures cwd / exit code / duration via opt-in shell hook. Tools: `search_history`, `recent_in_dir`, `failed_commands`, `command_chains`, `reindex`.

Command Line typescript

No reliable install_ref — see repo instructions.

localhost-mcp

Community

Inspect, manage, and kill local dev servers. Lists what's listening on each port (pid, framework, project, uptime, memory, cpu), diagnoses port conflicts with free alternatives nearby, finds zombie processes, and kills by pid or port with a dry-run default.

Command Line typescript

No reliable install_ref — see repo instructions.

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