openzim-mcp

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add openzim-mcp -e OPENZIM_MCP_TOOL_MODE=... -- uvx openzim-mcp

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": {
    "openzim-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openzim-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENZIM_MCP_TOOL_MODE": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Offline MCP access to ZIM knowledge archives — Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Stack Exchange, Kiwix.

Questions

openzim-mcp is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package openzim-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add openzim-mcp -e OPENZIM_MCP_TOOL_MODE=... -- uvx openzim-mcp

Run: codex mcp add openzim-mcp --env OPENZIM_MCP_TOOL_MODE=... -- uvx openzim-mcp

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