# HomeLab Monitor (MCP server)

> HomeLab Monitor is an MCP server that adds cloud and DevOps tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Self-hosted homelab dashboard with a built-in read-only MCP server (hosts, Docker, GPU, services). It has 214 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm -e HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2.

One page for your whole home lab & AI rig — GPU truth (any vendor), tokens/sec, power cost by the hour, uptime, training runs, containers, disks. No agents, no separate metrics stack, no cloud.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/SikamikanikoBG/homelab-monitor |
| GitHub stars | 214 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | docker: docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2 |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Cloud & DevOps |
| Latest release | v0.37.0 (Sep 23, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 23, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.SikamikanikoBG/homelab-monitor |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "homelab-monitor": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL",
        "docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --env HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL=your-value --transport stdio homelab-monitor -- docker run -i --rm -e HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "homelab-monitor": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL",
        "docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "homelab-monitor": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL",
        "docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL` (required): Base URL of the running HomeLab Monitor dashboard (e.g. http://YOUR-HUB:9800)
- `MCP_TRANSPORT`: Transport mode: stdio (default for this package entry) or http

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