Code Execution MCP Server

MCP Shell

Name: MCP Shell
Author: sonirico

🏎️ 🏠 🍎 🪟 🐧 Give hands to AI. MCP server to run shell commands securely, auditably, and on demand on isolated environments like docker.

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Safety Report

67% Scan flagged something

Scanned 5 months ago

4 passed 1 warnings 1 failed

Security

Authentication

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No authentication mechanism detected in source code

Fail

CORS Policy

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No CORS-relevant transport detected (likely stdio)

N/A

Rate Limiting

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No rate limiting mechanism detected

Info

Known CVEs

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No known CVEs in dependencies

Pass

Code Quality

Dependency Audit

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No known vulnerable dependencies detected

Pass

Dangerous Patterns

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No dangerous code patterns detected

Pass

License

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License: GPL-3.0

Pass

Community

Maintenance Status

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Last commit 5 months ago

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is MCP Shell?

🏎️ 🏠 🍎 🪟 🐧 Give hands to AI. MCP server to run shell commands securely, auditably, and on demand on isolated environments like docker.

Is MCP Shell safe to use?

We cannot tell you that, and nobody scanning at this scale can. What we did in March 2026 was shallow-clone MCP Shell and run five keyword searches over its source: auth identifiers, CORS configuration, rate-limit identifiers, the dependency manifest against a hardcoded list of 18 known-vulnerable packages, and unguarded eval/exec calls. At least one matched — the specific finding is in the scan report on this page. A text search cannot follow a variable, judge intent, or tell you what a server does once it is running, so "nothing matched" is not "safe". What the scan does and does not cover is written out at /mcp/security.

What are alternatives to MCP Shell?

Similar MCP servers include Serena, MCP Run Python, DesktopCommanderMCP. Each serves a similar purpose but may differ in features, language, and compatibility.