# punkpeye/mcp-remote

Connect an MCP Client that only supports local (stdio) servers to a Remote MCP Server.

Repository: https://github.com/punkpeye/mcp-remote
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mcp-remote
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: mcp
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:05:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 38
- inputs: {"age_days": 532, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 24}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1562, forks 285 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:03.722142+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js CLI proxy that lets MCP clients which only support local stdio servers connect to remote MCP servers over HTTP/SSE, including OAuth authorization flows. It is dropped into the standard mcpServers config of clients like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf as a one-line npx command.

## Use cases
- connect Claude Desktop to a remote MCP server
- use remote MCP servers in Cursor or Windsurf that only support stdio
- add OAuth-authenticated remote MCP servers to a stdio-only client
- pass custom authorization headers to a remote MCP server
- run multiple isolated OAuth sessions against the same remote MCP server
- bridge local MCP clients to SSE-based servers without native remote support

## When to choose
- your MCP client only supports local stdio servers but you need a remote server
- you need OAuth flows for remote MCP servers that your client doesn't implement
- you want a quick npx-based bridge with no install step

## When to avoid
- your MCP client already natively supports remote HTTP/SSE servers with auth
- you need a production-hardened solution rather than a proof-of-concept
- you only use local stdio MCP servers

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: experimental
- function: mcp, auth, proxy, http-client, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, apis, security
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: mcp-proxy, stdio-to-sse, oauth, model-context-protocol, remote-servers, ai-agents, nodejs

## Member repositories
- punkpeye/mcp-remote (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.722142+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:00:18.848883+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/punkpeye/mcp-remote (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.722142+00:00, sha 3deb29eebf04)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/mcp-remote (fetched 2026-08-29T11:29:20.773700+00:00, sha 66e7b5536614)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.