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phpMyFAQ is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. phpMyFAQ - Open Source FAQ web application for PHP 8.4+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. It has 620 GitHub stars, is released under the MPL-2.0 license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/thorsten/phpmyfaq.

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Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "phpmyfaq": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/thorsten/phpmyfaq"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio phpmyfaq -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/thorsten/phpmyfaq

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "phpmyfaq": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/thorsten/phpmyfaq"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "phpmyfaq": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/thorsten/phpmyfaq"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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 phpMyFAQ

phpMyFAQ is a multilingual, AI-ready, and scalable FAQ platform built for modern knowledge management. Powered by PHP 8.4+ and a fully database-driven architecture, it delivers fast search with Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, flexible multi-user permissions, and a powerful content management system with revision history and WYSIWYG editing.

  • faq
  • phpmyfaq
  • php
  • mysql
  • database
  • postgresql
  • sqlite
  • mssql
  • elasticsearch
  • docker

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What is phpMyFAQ?

phpMyFAQ is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. phpMyFAQ - Open Source FAQ web application for PHP 8.4+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. It has 620 GitHub stars, is released under the MPL-2.0 license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/thorsten/phpmyfaq. The source code is at github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ.

How do I install the phpMyFAQ MCP server?

Add the command docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/thorsten/phpmyfaq 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 phpMyFAQ free?

The server is open source under the MPL-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is phpMyFAQ actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.