mcp-bash-server

Item: mcp-bash-server
Rating: 73
Author: M8ven

Enables running shell commands on the local machine via MCP, using bash.

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No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

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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.

configBASH_MCP_ALLOWED— (unset) Comma-separated command prefixes to allow, e.g. git,ls,cat,npm. Unset = unrestricted.

configBASH_MCP_CWD— server's cwd Default working directory for commands.

configBASH_MCP_MAX_TIMEOUT— timeout — seconds before the command is killed (capped by ).

configBASH_MCP_TRANSPORT— stdio stdio or http (same as --transport).

configBASH_MCP_HOST— 127.0.0.1 Bind host for --transport http.

configBASH_MCP_PORT— 8001 Bind port for --transport http.

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commit: 5c574c9793e9798557a724d536440d147bb081bb

code hash: 0b229f326d4435643a940b15ebaceb43ed5e04e7a043930c8b8c5074c6459e23

verified: 7/14/2026, 8:30:22 AM

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