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mcp-shell-server MCP Server

Name: tumf/mcp-shell-server
Rating: 3.8 (1 reviews)
Author: tumf

tumf/mcp-shell-server

Score: 69.6 Rank #4129 MCP Server

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Secure MCP server for whitelisted shell command execution with stdin, argv pipelines, timeouts, and structured audit logging.

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Overview

tumf/mcp-shell-server is a Python MCP server licensed under MIT. Secure MCP server for whitelisted shell command execution with stdin, argv pipelines, timeouts, and structured audit logging. Topics: audit-log, command-whitelist, mcp, model-context-protocol, security, shell.

Ranked #4129 out of 24846 indexed tools.

Has 11 contributors.

Ecosystem

Python MIT 31 weekly downloads 2 tool calls 1,316 pypi/wk

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Score Breakdown

Stars 15% 201

201 stars → growing community

Freshness 25% 1mo ago

Last commit 1mo ago → moderate activity

Issue Health 25% 64%

9/14 issues closed → decent issue management

Contributors 10% 11

11 contributors → active community

Dependents 25% 3

3 dependents → few downstream users

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PyPI Downloads 13% 1,316/wk

1,316 weekly installs → gaining traction

Forks 51

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License MIT

Weights: Freshness 20% · Issue Health 20% · Dependents 22% · Stars 10% · Contributors 8% · How we score →

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Stars: 201
Forks: 51
Open Issues: 5
Closed Issues: 9
Contributors: 11
Dependents: 3
Language: Python
License: MIT
Last Commit: 1mo ago

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From the README

# MCP Shell Server

A trusted execution server implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It runs allowlisted commands as argv arrays, with stdin input, contained redirection, a minimal child environment, execution limits, and structured audit logging.

**This package is not a sandbox.** Allowing a command delegates that program the server process's existing OS authority. Read [Trusted execution contract](#trusted-execution-contract) before configuring it.

<a href="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/rt2d4pbn22"></a>

## Features

* **Argv-based Command Execution**: Allowed commands run via subprocess argv without shell-string interpretation
* **Standard Input Support**: Pass input to commands via stdin
* **Comprehensive Output**: Returns stdout, stderr, exit status, and execution time
* **Safe Pipeline Support**: Pipelines preserve and validate argv segments instead of invoking a shell
* **Execution Limits**: Server-side default timeout, maximum timeout, and output byte caps are enforce

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