mcp-retroarch

MCP server for RetroArch via its Network Control Interface. Drive any libretro core — read/write memory, save/load state, screenshot, pause/frame-advance/reset — across NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, GBA, PS1 and more.

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// key findings

⚠️

Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 3 high

Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

✅

Open source with a license and README

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// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configRETROARCH_HOST— 127.0.0.1 UDP destination host

configRETROARCH_PORT— 55355 UDP port (must match network_cmd_port in retroarch.cfg)

// full audit trail

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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

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commit: 19349ff51506d471daa99659c7991b7bc4134e29

code hash: ef7c492ffbff2dbf2d9409d636ff1076a36398e3799f3be293567cd677c263de

verified: 6/11/2026, 11:14:32 AM

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