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MCP SSH Manager

MCP SSH Manager is an MCP server that enables Claude Code and OpenAI Codex to manage multiple SSH connections. Execute commands, transfer files, manage databases, create backups, monitor health, and automate DevOps tasks across your servers — directly from your… It has 499 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y mcp-ssh-manager.

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Install MCP SSH Manager

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

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-ssh-manager": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ssh-manager"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SSH_CONFIG_PATH": "your-value",
        "SSH_ENV_PATH": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env SSH_CONFIG_PATH=your-value --env SSH_ENV_PATH=your-value --transport stdio mcp-ssh-manager -- npx -y mcp-ssh-manager

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-ssh-manager": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ssh-manager"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SSH_CONFIG_PATH": "your-value",
        "SSH_ENV_PATH": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-ssh-manager": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ssh-manager"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SSH_CONFIG_PATH": "your-value",
        "SSH_ENV_PATH": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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
SSH_CONFIG_PATHNoPath to a TOML file holding the server definitions. Defaults to ~/.codex/ssh-config.toml. Each server can set MODE to readonly or restricted to constrain what…
SSH_ENV_PATHNoPath to a .env file declaring servers as SSHSERVERHOST, USER, _KEYPATH and friends. Defaults to a .env next to the package.

About MCP SSH Manager

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables Claude Code and OpenAI Codex to manage multiple SSH connections. Execute commands, transfer files, manage databases, create backups, monitor health, and automate DevOps tasks across your servers — directly from your AI assistant.

  • anthropic
  • automation
  • backup
  • claude-code
  • database
  • deployment
  • devops
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What is MCP SSH Manager?

MCP SSH Manager is an MCP server that enables Claude Code and OpenAI Codex to manage multiple SSH connections. Execute commands, transfer files, manage databases, create backups, monitor health, and automate DevOps tasks across your servers — directly from your… It has 499 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y mcp-ssh-manager. The source code is at github.com/bvisible/mcp-ssh-manager.

How do I install the MCP SSH Manager MCP server?

Add the command npx -y mcp-ssh-manager 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 MCP SSH Manager free?

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

Is MCP SSH Manager actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 24, 2026. The latest release is v3.8.5, published Aug 28, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.