MCP-NixOS - Because Your AI Shouldn't Hallucinate Package Names by utensils

MCP-NixOS - Model Context Protocol Server for NixOS resources

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Verdict 58/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty 4.1k docker pulls Last release 12 days ago

Self-host MCP-NixOS - Because Your AI Shouldn't Hallucinate Package Names on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
58 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
625
33 forks

About MCP-NixOS - Because Your AI Shouldn't Hallucinate Package Names

From the project's README at github.com/utensils/mcp-nixos. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

[](https://github.com/utensils/mcp-nixos/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [](https://codecov.io/gh/utensils/mcp-nixos) [](https://pypi.org/project/mcp-nixos/) [](https://flakehub.com/flake/utensils/mcp-nixos) [](https://www.python.org/downloads/)

No Nix/NixOS Required! Works on any system - Windows, macOS, Linux. You're just querying APIs. Option 1: uvx (Recommended)

[](https://cursor.com/install-mcp?name=nixos&config=eyJjb21tYW5kIjoidXZ4IG1jcC1uaXhvcyJ9) O

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
59
maturity
70
community
76
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
23

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 625 github.com/utensils/mcp-nixos
GitHub forks 33 github.com/utensils/mcp-nixos
Docker Hub pulls 4.1k hub.docker.com / utensils
PYPI downloads (last month) 6.8k mcp-nixos

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age1.1 yearssince Mar 2025
Last commit8 days agoApr 29, 2026
Releases shipped16last: 12 days ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

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