MCP Defender
MCP-Defender/MCP-Defender · 255 stars · TypeScript · AGPL-3.0
MCP server Desktop app that automatically scans and blocks malicious MCP traffic in AI apps like Cursor, Claude, VS Code and Windsurf.
Install
The repo has no one-line install. Follow its README.
Files
MCP Defender
Automatically protects MCP traffic in AI apps
MCP Defender has been acquired by Docker Inc.
🛡️ MCP Defender is a desktop app that protects AI apps like Cursor from a variety of attacks.
🚦 All MCP tool call requests and responses from AI apps are automatically proxied through MCP Defender.
🔎 The intercepted data is then checked against a set of signatures.
🔐 If anything harmful is detected, MCP Defender alerts you and asks if you want to allow or block the tool call.
Demos
MCP.Defender.Small.mp4
Quick Start
Alternatively you can clone the git repo, and run it as follows:
# Install dependencies npm install # Start app npm start
Which apps are automatically protected?
MCP Defender protects Cursor, Claude, Visual Studio Code and Windsurf.
License
MCP Defender is licensed under the AGPL-3.0 license. For more details, see the LICENSE.
Facts
- Kind
- MCP server
- Group
- Uncategorized
- Stars
- 255
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Language
- TypeScript
- Last push
- 2026-06-05
- Forks
- 44
- Homepage
- mcpdefender.com
- Topics
- ai-tools, mcp, mcp-security, mcp-tools, mcp-client, mcp-client-security, mcp-server, model-context-protocol
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