# moondream-mcp

> FastMCP server for Moondream vision language model

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/moondream-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/ColeMurray/moondream-mcp#readme
- repository: https://github.com/ColeMurray/moondream-mcp/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
- version: 1.0.2
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, fastmcp, moondream, vision, language-model, ai, computer-vision, image-analysis
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:moondream-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Moondream MCP Server

A FastMCP server for [Moondream](https://github.com/vikhyat/moondream), an AI vision language model. This server provides image analysis capabilities including captioning, visual question answering, object detection, and visual pointing through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

## Features

- 🖼️ **Image Captioning**: Generate short, normal, or detailed captions for images
- ❓ **Visual Question Answering**: Ask natural language questions about images
- 🔍 **Object Detection**: Detect and locate specific objects with bounding boxes
- 📍 **Visual Pointing**: Get precise coordinates of objects in images
- 🔗 **URL Support**: Process images from both local files and remote URLs
- ⚡ **Batch Processing**: Analyze multiple images efficiently
- 🚀 **Device Optimization**: Automatic detection and optimization for CPU, CUDA, and MPS (Apple Silicon)

## Installation

### Prerequisites

- Python 3.10 or higher
- PyTorch 2.0+ (with appropriate device support)

### Using uvx (Recommended for Claude Desktop)

```bash
# Run without installation
uvx moondream-mcp

# Or specify a specific version
uvx moondream-mcp==1.0.0
```

### Install from PyPI

```bash
pip install moondream-mcp
```

### Install from Source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/ColeMurray/moondream-mcp.git
cd moondream-mcp
pip install -e .
```

### Development Installation

```bash
git clone https://github.com/ColeMurray/moondream-mcp.git
cd moondream-mcp
pip install -e ".[dev]"
```

## Quick Start

### Running the Server

```bash
# Using uvx (no installation needed)
uvx moondream-mcp

# Using pip-installed command
moondream-mcp

# Or run directly with Python
python -m moondream_mcp.server
```

### Claude Desktop Integration

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration file:

**macOS**: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
**Windows**: `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`

#### Using uvx (Recommended)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "moondream": {
     …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- media.image-understanding (1, declared)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/moondream-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T06:23:46.892Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/moondream-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/moondream-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:moondream-mcp