OpenDeviceDB

OpenDeviceDB is an MCP server that lets AI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, REA…) ask OpenDeviceDB before reverse engineering a device — "has this been done already, is someone on it?" — and record their work after. Stdio transport, official… It has 30 GitHub stars, is released under the AGPL-3.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @opendevicedb/mcp.

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Install OpenDeviceDB

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opendevicedb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@opendevicedb/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio opendevicedb -- npx -y @opendevicedb/mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opendevicedb": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@opendevicedb/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "opendevicedb": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@opendevicedb/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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 OpenDeviceDB

MCP server that lets AI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, REA…) ask OpenDeviceDB before reverse engineering a device — "has this been done already, is someone on it?" — and record their work after. Stdio transport, official @modelcontextprotocol/sdk.

firmware
iot
mcp
open-hardware
reverse-engineering
right-to-repair
ai-agents
coreboot
device-database
e-waste

Key facts

GitHub stars	30
License	AGPL-3.0
Language	TypeScript
Transport	stdio (local)
Packages	npm: `@opendevicedb/mcp`
Auth	None declared
Works with	Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code
Latest release	mcp-v0.3.0 (Oct 25, 2026)
Last commit	Oct 25, 2026
MCP registry name	`org.opendevicedb/opendevicedb`

Project health

Too new to judgeCreated Oct 17, 2026, less than 90 days before this snapshot.

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commit	Oct 25, 2026
Latest release	mcp-v0.3.0 (Oct 25, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months	1
Releases, all time	1
Open issues	1
Open pull requests	0
Good first issues	0
Contributing guide	No
Security policy	No
Created	Oct 17, 2026

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How do I install the OpenDeviceDB MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @opendevicedb/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 OpenDeviceDB free?

The server is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is OpenDeviceDB actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 25, 2026. The latest release is mcp-v0.3.0, published Oct 25, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.