HomeLab Monitor
local MCP serverHomeLab Monitor is a local MCP server: Self-hosted homelab dashboard with a built-in read-only MCP server (hosts, Docker, GPU, services). Install it from oci as docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add homelab-monitor -e HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL=... -e MCP_TRANSPORT=... -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2
Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.
Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients
Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"homelab-monitor": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2"
],
"env": {
"HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL": "...",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "..."
}
}
}
}Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.
What you need
- Runtime: Docker.
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
- Environment variables:
HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL,MCP_TRANSPORT
Summary
Self-hosted homelab dashboard with a built-in read-only MCP server (hosts, Docker, GPU, services).
HomeLab Monitor vs similar servers
| Server | Stars | Type | API key | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HomeLab Monitor | 208 | Local | Yes | oci |
| Polar Health Data (self-hosted) | 23 | Local | Yes | oci |
| DBHub | 3,574 | Local | Yes | npm |
| RevoGrid DataGrid MCP Pro | 3,446 | Hosted | No | None |
| ArcadeDB MCP Server | 1,165 | Local | No | oci |
Questions
It reads 2 environment variables: HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL, MCP_TRANSPORT. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.
Docker, plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.
HomeLab Monitor is a local MCP server distributed as the oci package docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2.
Run: claude mcp add homelab-monitor -e HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL=... -e MCP_TRANSPORT=... -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2
Run: codex mcp add homelab-monitor --env HOMELAB_MONITOR_URL=... --env MCP_TRANSPORT=... -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2
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