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Homebutler

Homebutler is an MCP server that adds cloud and DevOps tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Tells an agent what changed on a server since it last looked - status, Docker, backups, Proxmox. It has 307 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y homebutler.

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Install Homebutler

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "homebutler": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "homebutler"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio homebutler -- npx -y homebutler

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "homebutler": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "homebutler"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "homebutler": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "homebutler"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Homebutler

Only the changes worth mentioning. A single Go binary that remembers what your server looked like last time, and tells you — or an agent — what moved.

  • ai
  • cli
  • devops
  • docker
  • go
  • golang
  • homelab
  • monitoring
  • openclaw
  • raspberry-pi

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FAQ

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How do I install the Homebutler MCP server?

Add the command npx -y homebutler to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Homebutler free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Homebutler actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 17, 2026. The latest release is v1.3.0, published Oct 17, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.