Command Line MCP Servers

Command Line topic — 26 MCP servers, ranked by GitHub stars.

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mcp-ssh-manager

Development

SSH server management for agents, with per-server read-only and allowlist security modes

★ 491 MCP Server
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fauxnix

Development

bash for AI agents on Windows via deterministic bash→PowerShell translation — no WSL, VM, or bash toolchain. MCP `bash` tool with…

★ 453 MCP Server
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hop

Development

SSH connection manager with MCP server for AI-assisted operations across servers.

★ 63 MCP Server
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Servonaut

Development

Manage AWS, Hetzner, OVH and SSH servers: status, logs, CloudWatch, IP bans, safe command exec.

★ 28 MCP Server
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forge

Development

Terminal MCP server for AI coding agents with persistent PTY sessions, ring-buffer incremental reads, headless xterm screen capture,…

★ 24 MCP Server
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pty-mcp

Development

Interactive PTY sessions over MCP: local shells, SSH, serial ports, and persistent remote sessions.

★ 16 MCP Server
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SysKnife

Development

Administers Linux via typed, approval-gated actions with an Ed25519-signed audit trail.

★ 12 MCP Server
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tui-mcp

Development

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

★ 11 MCP Server
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mcp-remote-ssh

Development

Full SSH access for AI agents with secret-safe environment injection and automatic output redaction. Persistent sessions, structured…

★ 10 MCP Server
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infrabroker

Development

SSH & Kubernetes access broker for AI agents; the model never touches a credential.

★ 10 MCP Server
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SAGE Wrapper

Development

Command wrapper MCP server for coding agents, compression, workflows, and local automation.

★ 10 MCP Server
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execkit

Development

Stateful, structured, auditable shell sessions for AI agents over local, SSH, and Docker. Secret redaction, output budgeting, SSH host-key…

★ 7 MCP Server
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backscroll

Development

Search, retrieve, and diff the full output of past terminal commands recorded locally by backscroll.

★ 6 MCP Server
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cygnus-ssh-mcp

Development

SSH-based MCP control of remote Linux, macOS, and Windows servers -- 46 purpose-built tools.

★ 5 MCP Server
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SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs

Development

Let agents drive vim, htop, lazygit: send keys, wait on screen state, read the rendered cell grid.

★ 4 MCP Server
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terminal-history-mcp

Development

Full-text search over your shell history (zsh / bash / fish) via SQLite FTS5. Local-only. 11-pattern secret redaction runs BEFORE insert.…

★ 4 MCP Server
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localhost-mcp

Development

Inspect, manage, and kill local dev servers. Lists what's listening on each port (pid, framework, project, uptime, memory, cpu), diagnoses…

★ 3 MCP Server
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SSH MCP Server

Development

Modern SSH for AI agents — cloud servers to BusyBox routers, with destructive commands blocked.

★ 3 MCP Server
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mcp-tmux

Development

Universal tmux driver: sessions, windows, panes, keystrokes, and pane capture — local or remote over SSH. Curated tools plus a raw…

★ 3 MCP Server
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claude-terminal-mcp

Development

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

★ 3 MCP Server
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when

Development

The WhenLabs developer toolkit — 6 tools, 7 MCP endpoints, one install.

★ 3 MCP Server
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mcp-linux-tools

Development

Administer a Linux server from an MCP client such as Cursor or VS Code: read files and tail logs, check/reload/restart systemd services,…

★ 2 MCP Server
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aicommander

Development

Outbound-only remote shell, detached long-running jobs, and temporary file courier for AI agents (https://aicommander.dev). Hosted…

★ 1 MCP Server
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rootpilot-mcp

Development

Read-only SSH server diagnostics via a fixed 38-command whitelist; secrets redacted, no write path.

★ 1 MCP Server
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heliograph

Development

Run commands on a machine you cannot SSH into. Air-gapped, bastion-only, change-controlled.

MCP Server
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sudo-proxy

Development

Privileged command execution proxy with human approval via pkexec or sudo

MCP Server