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Joplin MCP Server

Joplin MCP Server is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. FastMCP server exposing Joplin notes, notebooks, tags, and imports. It has 174 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx joplin-mcp.

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Install Joplin MCP Server

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

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "joplin-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "joplin-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JOPLIN_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env JOPLIN_TOKEN=your-value --transport stdio joplin-mcp-server -- uvx joplin-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "joplin-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "joplin-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JOPLIN_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "joplin_token",
      "description": "JOPLIN_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "joplin-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "joplin-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JOPLIN_TOKEN": "${input:joplin_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
JOPLIN_TOKENsecretYesWeb Clipper authentication token from a running Joplin instance
JOPLIN_URLNoOptional override for the Joplin Web Clipper base URL (default http://localhost:41184)

About Joplin MCP Server

A FastMCP-based Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Joplin note-taking application via its Python API joppy, enabling AI assistants to interact with your Joplin notes, notebooks, and tags through a standardized interface.

  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • note-taking
  • joplin

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How do I install the Joplin MCP Server MCP server?

Add the command uvx joplin-mcp 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 Joplin MCP Server free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (JOPLIN_TOKEN) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Joplin MCP Server actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 12, 2026. The latest release is v0.10.0, published Sep 12, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.