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PyMemoryEditor

PyMemoryEditor is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Read, write and scan process memory, Cheat Engine style, on Windows, Linux and macOS. It has 223 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx pymemoryeditor.

github.com/JeanExtreme002/PyMemoryEditor (opens in a new tab)

Install PyMemoryEditor

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

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pymemoryeditor": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pymemoryeditor"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio pymemoryeditor -- uvx pymemoryeditor

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pymemoryeditor": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pymemoryeditor"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "pymemoryeditor": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pymemoryeditor"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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 PyMemoryEditor

A pure-Python library (built on ctypes) that lets you inspect, modify and search the memory of any running process in a few lines of Python — Cheat Engine workflows on Windows, Linux and macOS!

  • memory
  • process
  • win32
  • python
  • cheat-engine
  • memory-scanner
  • library
  • linux
  • macos
  • windows

FAQ

PyMemoryEditor FAQ

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What is PyMemoryEditor?

PyMemoryEditor is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Read, write and scan process memory, Cheat Engine style, on Windows, Linux and macOS. It has 223 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx pymemoryeditor. The source code is at github.com/JeanExtreme002/PyMemoryEditor.

How do I install the PyMemoryEditor MCP server?

Add the command uvx pymemoryeditor 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 PyMemoryEditor free?

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

Is PyMemoryEditor actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 2, 2026. The latest release is v3.0.2, published Oct 2, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.