MCP-Defender / MCP-Defender
Desktop app that automatically scans and blocks malicious MCP traffic in AI apps like Cursor, Claude, VS Code and Windsurf.
Why this job: name: mcp; topics: mcp-server, model-context-protocol, mcp-client, mcp-tools, mcp
What it does
MCP Defender is a desktop app that protects AI apps like Cursor from a variety of attacks.
Get started
No single install command. Read the steps in the README (opens in new tab)
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 5 months ago
- Stars
- 255
- On GitHub
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Share-alike, even hosted
- Downloads for
- Mac
- From the latest release
- Latest version
- v1.1.2
- Released 14 months ago
- Built with
- TypeScript
- 93% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- 0
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 25% closed
- 3 still open
- Pull requests
- 28 merged
- 2 waiting
- Releases
- 7
- 0 in the last year
- No contributing guide
- No security policy
- No code of conduct
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More: download files, languages, topics and project record
Languages
- TypeScript 93%
- JavaScript 6%
- CSS 1%
- Shell <1%
Topics
- ai-tools
- mcp
- mcp-client
- mcp-client-security
- mcp-security
- mcp-server
- mcp-tools
- model-context-protocol
Project record
- JobMCP servers
- StatusListed
- Commits120
- Forks43
- Watching0
- Stars in 28 days0
- CreatedMay 28, 2025
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 7, 2026