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OpenLore

OpenLore is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Deterministic, local-first memory and guardrails for AI coding agents with no LLM in the hot path. It has 353 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y openlore.

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Install OpenLore

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Claude Desktop

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

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

Claude Code

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

Cursor

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

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

VS Code

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

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 OpenLore

Deterministic, local-first memory and guardrails for AI coding agents — with no LLM in the hot path. One call tells your agent the code a task touches; one gate tells it what's unsafe to change. Grounded in static analysis. No API key. Same answer every time.

  • developer-tools
  • software-architecture
  • static-analysis
  • adr
  • agentic-workflows
  • ai-agents
  • call-graph
  • codebase-analysis
  • knowledge-graph
  • living-documentation

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FAQ

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How do I install the OpenLore MCP server?

Add the command npx -y openlore 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 OpenLore free?

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

Is OpenLore actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 25, 2026. The latest release is v3.5.0, published Oct 25, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.