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Desktop Insights MCP Server

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MCP server for Desktop Insights — look up SDKs, frameworks, and dependencies used by 12,000+ macOS and Windows desktop applications.

Quick Start

Get your API key at desktopinsights.com/settings/api.

Claude Code

claude mcp add desktopinsights -e DESKTOPINSIGHTS_API_KEY=your-api-key -- npx -y desktopinsights-mcp

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "desktopinsights": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "desktopinsights-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DESKTOPINSIGHTS_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "desktopinsights": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "desktopinsights-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DESKTOPINSIGHTS_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

lookup_app

Look up what SDKs and dependencies a specific app uses.

"What SDKs does Figma use?"
"Look up the technology stack of 1Password"
"What error tracking does Slack use?"

search_apps

Search apps by SDK usage, runtime, platform, or developer.

"Which apps use Sentry for error tracking?"
"Find all Electron apps that use Stripe"
"What apps does Microsoft publish on macOS?"

compare_apps

Side-by-side technology stack comparison.

"Compare Figma vs Sketch"
"Compare Slack and Discord's tech stacks"

list_sdk_categories

List all 11 tracked SDK categories with example values. Useful for discovering what filters are available.

Configuration

Environment Variable

Required

Default

DESKTOPINSIGHTS_API_KEY

Yes

DESKTOPINSIGHTS_API_URL

No

https://desktopinsights.com

Development

npm install
npm run build
DESKTOPINSIGHTS_API_KEY=your-key node build/index.js
Install Server
A
security – no known vulnerabilities
A
license - permissive license
A
quality - A tier

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