ProxmoxMCP-Plus
ProxmoxMCP-Plus is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Proxmox VE MCP server for VMs, LXCs, snapshots, backups, storage, and cluster operations. It has 572 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx proxmox-mcp-plus.
- Needs API key
- Developer tools
- MIT
- Actively maintained
Install ProxmoxMCP-Plus
Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.
Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"proxmoxmcp-plus": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"proxmox-mcp-plus"
],
"env": {
"PROXMOX_HOST": "your-value",
"PROXMOX_USER": "your-value",
"PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME": "your-value",
"PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --env PROXMOX_HOST=your-value --env PROXMOX_USER=your-value --env PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME=your-value --env PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE=your-value --transport stdio proxmoxmcp-plus -- uvx proxmox-mcp-plusCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"proxmoxmcp-plus": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"proxmox-mcp-plus"
],
"env": {
"PROXMOX_HOST": "your-value",
"PROXMOX_USER": "your-value",
"PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME": "your-value",
"PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.
VS Code
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "proxmox_token_name",
"description": "PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "proxmox_token_value",
"description": "PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"proxmoxmcp-plus": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"proxmox-mcp-plus"
],
"env": {
"PROXMOX_HOST": "your-value",
"PROXMOX_USER": "your-value",
"PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME": "${input:proxmox_token_name}",
"PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE": "${input:proxmox_token_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.
| Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
PROXMOX_MCP_CONFIG | No | Optional path to a JSON config file. If set, file config is used before environment variable fallback. |
PROXMOX_HOST | Yes | Hostname or IP address of the Proxmox VE API endpoint. |
PROXMOX_USER | Yes | Proxmox username with realm, for example root@pam. |
PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAMEsecret | Yes | Name of the Proxmox API token. |
PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUEsecret | Yes | Secret value of the Proxmox API token. |
PROXMOX_PORT | No | Proxmox API port. Defaults to 8006. |
PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL | No | Set to true to verify TLS certificates, or false for self-signed lab environments. |
PROXMOX_DEV_MODE | No | Set to true when using verify_ssl=false in a self-signed lab environment. |
PROXMOX_SERVICE | No | Proxmox service type. Defaults to PVE. |
MCP_TOOL_ALLOWLIST | No | Optional comma-separated exact tool names to expose. Do not set together with MCPTOOLDENYLIST. |
MCP_TOOL_DENYLIST | No | Optional comma-separated exact tool names to hide. Do not set together with MCPTOOLALLOWLIST. |
LOG_LEVEL | No | Server log verbosity. Defaults to INFO. |
About ProxmoxMCP-Plus
Operate Proxmox VE from MCP clients, AI agents, and OpenAPI tooling through one security-conscious control plane for VMs, LXCs, snapshots, backups, ISOs, container commands, and persistent long-running jobs.
- ai-agent
- automation
- claude-desktop
- homelab
- llm
- lxc
- mcp
- model-context-protocol
- open-webui
- openapi
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What is ProxmoxMCP-Plus?
ProxmoxMCP-Plus is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Proxmox VE MCP server for VMs, LXCs, snapshots, backups, storage, and cluster operations. It has 572 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx proxmox-mcp-plus. The source code is at github.com/RekklesNA/ProxmoxMCP-Plus.
How do I install the ProxmoxMCP-Plus MCP server?
Add the command uvx proxmox-mcp-plus 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 ProxmoxMCP-Plus free?
The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME and PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.
Is ProxmoxMCP-Plus actively maintained?
The most recent commit was on Oct 1, 2026. The latest release is v0.5.24, published Oct 1, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.