macOS
brew install mcphostlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
mcphost のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。
インストール
brew install mcphostlocal Homebrew formula metadata
nix profile install nixpkgs#mcphostnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mc/mcphost/package.nix · ソース: api.github.com
sudo zypper install mcphostopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · mcphost · ソース: download.opensuse.org
概要
CLI host for LLMs to interact with tools via MCP
履歴
MCPHost is a command-line host application that lets large language models use external tools through the Model Context Protocol. In package terms it is a local, installable MCP client/host: the user configures MCP servers once, chooses a model provider, and interacts with tools from a terminal.
The project was created publicly on GitHub in December 2024, soon after MCP became a common protocol for connecting tools to LLM clients. Its README describes MCPHost as a CLI that supports interactive chat, non-interactive prompts, YAML-based scripts, configurable MCP servers, hooks, multiple model providers, and multiple MCP transports.
MCPHost's configuration story evolved around home-directory YAML or JSON files. The current README says it prefers `.mcphost.yml` or `.mcphost.json`, while retaining `.mcp.yml` and `.mcp.json` for backwards compatibility, which reflects the fast-moving naming conventions of early MCP tooling.
By July 2026, GitHub metadata showed about 1.6k stars and more than 200 forks, enough to make it one of the better-known standalone terminal hosts for MCP workflows. Its release history on GitHub starts with v0.4.3 in January 2025 and reaches v0.34.0 by February 2026.
The project's adoption comes from users who want a model-and-tool terminal rather than a specific desktop app. The README documents providers such as Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama, and OpenAI-compatible endpoints, which helped it fit mixed local and hosted model setups.
A typical user installs `mcphost`, places MCP server definitions in `~/.mcphost.yml` or a compatible JSON/YAML file, and starts an interactive session with `mcphost`. The same binary can also run one-shot prompts with `-p`, choose models with `--model`, override provider URLs and API keys with flags, or execute script files with YAML front matter.
For MCP configuration, the README documents local, remote, and builtin server types mapped to stdio, streamable HTTP, and in-process transports. It also supports environment-variable substitution in config files, which is the documented way to keep API keys out of committed configuration.
MCPHost is package-nerd interesting because it packages the host side of MCP as a single CLI rather than requiring a GUI client. That makes it useful in shell scripts, CI jobs, demos, and reproducible examples where a Homebrew or Nix install is easier to explain than editor-specific setup.
Its backwards-compatible config filenames also show a common early-ecosystem pattern: tools stabilized around MCP names while retaining older generic `.mcp` files so existing users did not have to rewrite local setups.
セキュリティ状態
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
リスク グリーン · 信頼度 低 · appliance
エージェントに無人実行させる前に、このツールが平文の認証情報を読むか、リモート状態を書き込むか、成果物を公開するか、プラグインを起動するかを確認してください。
local files
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
~/.mcphost.yml~/.mcphost.json~/.mcp.yml~/.mcp.json%USERPROFILE%\.mcphost.yml%USERPROFILE%\.mcphost.json%USERPROFILE%\.mcp.yml%USERPROFILE%\.mcp.json実行可能ファイル
| コマンド | 種類 | 公開範囲 | メモ |
|---|---|---|---|
mcphost | cli | グローバル実行可能ファイル |
鮮度
これらの信号は、ページ生成時期、パッケージマネージャの活動、上流リリース比較を分けて示します。バージョン遅れは、証拠 URL と比較可能なバージョンがある場合だけ警告されます。
https://github.com/mark3labs/mcphost
インストールメタデータ
| パッケージキー | brew:mcphost |
|---|---|
| バージョン | 0.34.0 |
| パッケージマネージャ | Homebrew |
| パッケージマネージャページ | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mcphost |
| ホームページ | https://github.com/mark3labs/mcphost |
| リポジトリ | https://github.com/mark3labs/mcphost |
| 上流ドキュメント | https://github.com/mark3labs/mcphost#readme |
| ライセンス | MIT |
| ソースアーカイブ | https://github.com/mark3labs/mcphost/archive/refs/tags/v0.34.0.tar.gz |
| 最終更新 | 2026-07-17T17:20:41+09:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| ビルド依存関係 | go |
| Bottle | 利用可能 (対象 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定義 |
| サービス | 宣言なし |
レジストリ情報
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | mcphost |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | yes |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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ソースデータベース一致
一致は外部パッケージマネージャインデックスから取得され、ローカルの Automic Vault パッケージリンクとは分けて表示されます。
mcphost
nix profile install nixpkgs#mcphostmcphost 0.34.0-8.1
A CLI host application for the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
https://github.com/mark3labs/mcphost
sudo zypper install mcphostmcphost-bash-completion 0.34.0-8.1
Bash Completion for mcphost
https://github.com/mark3labs/mcphost
sudo zypper install mcphost-bash-completionmcphost-fish-completion 0.34.0-8.1
Fish Completion for mcphost
https://github.com/mark3labs/mcphost
sudo zypper install mcphost-fish-completionmcphost-zsh-completion 0.34.0-8.1
ZSH Completion for mcphost
https://github.com/mark3labs/mcphost
sudo zypper install mcphost-zsh-completionソース経路
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