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Coolify MCP

by StuMason

Coolify MCP with 38 optimised tools for managing self-hosted PaaS through AI assistants. 350 GitHub stars and 12 commits on main in the last 30 days. Self-hostable alternative to Vercel, Render, and Heroku.

350·8 tools·Released AUG 2025·MIT
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Coolify MCP with 38 optimised tools for managing self-hosted PaaS through AI assistants. 350 GitHub stars and 12 commits on main in the last 30 days. Self-hostable alternative to Vercel, Render, and Heroku.

Reviewed by M. Nouriel · MAY 2026

INSTALL THIS SERVER

Requires authenticationCOOLIFY_API_TOKEN environment variable. COOLIFY_BASE_URL pointing to the self-hosted Coolify instance.
{ "mcpServers": { "coolify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "coolify-mcp" ], "env": { "COOLIFY_API_TOKEN": "<your-coolify-token>", "COOLIFY_BASE_URL": "https://your-coolify-instance" } } } }
PrereqRequires COOLIFY_API_TOKEN from your Coolify instance and COOLIFY_BASE_URL. NPM: `coolify-mcp`. Path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS).
{ "mcpServers": { "coolify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "coolify-mcp" ], "env": { "COOLIFY_API_TOKEN": "<your-coolify-token>", "COOLIFY_BASE_URL": "https://your-coolify-instance" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "coolify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "coolify-mcp" ], "env": { "COOLIFY_API_TOKEN": "<your-coolify-token>", "COOLIFY_BASE_URL": "https://your-coolify-instance" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "coolify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "coolify-mcp" ], "env": { "COOLIFY_API_TOKEN": "<your-coolify-token>", "COOLIFY_BASE_URL": "https://your-coolify-instance" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "coolify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "coolify-mcp" ], "env": { "COOLIFY_API_TOKEN": "<your-coolify-token>", "COOLIFY_BASE_URL": "https://your-coolify-instance" } } } }

8 TOOLS AVAILABLE

list_servers
List servers in the Coolify instance
Read
list_applications
List applications across servers
Read
deploy_application
Trigger a deployment
Write
restart_application
Restart a running application
Write
get_application_logs
Tail application logs
Read
list_databases
List managed databases
Read

OUR ASSESSMENT

Strengths
  • 350 GitHub stars and MIT licence.
  • 12 commits on main in the last 30 days.
  • 38 optimised tools (per maintainer description).
  • Self-hostable PaaS makes this useful for organisations with data-residency or cost requirements that rule out hosted PaaS.
  • Two-step deploy and restart flows for Git-based and Docker-based applications.
Weaknesses
  • Coolify itself must be deployed and configured before the MCP is useful.
  • Single-maintainer governance.
  • Coolify API token grants instance-wide access; scope per agent.
Security Notes

The MCP carries the Coolify API token through to the configured Coolify instance. Scope the token via Coolify access controls. For self-hosted deployments, run the MCP on the same network segment as the Coolify instance to reduce exposure.

Best For

Operators running Coolify for self-hosted application deployment who want agents to deploy, restart, and inspect logs from inside the editor; teams with data-residency or cost requirements that rule out hosted PaaS; multi-server Coolify deployments.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Language
typescript
Transport
stdio
Clients
Claude DesktopClaude CodeCursorVS CodeWindsurf
License
MIT
GitHub
npm
coolify-mcp
Last Release
coolify-mcp (npm latest)MAY 3, 2026
First Released
AUG 1, 2025

ADOPTION METRICS

// GitHub Stars
350

// Reading this350 stars on the StuMason/coolify-mcp repo. 12 commits on main in the last 30 days.

// Popularity Rank
#8
Globally · #8 in Cloud

// Reading thisPairs with Vercel, Render, Heroku as PaaS options in the cloud category. Self-hosted alternative for data-residency requirements.

SOURCES & VERIFICATION

We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 4 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.

01
Discovered
Manual submission
First indexed MAY 3, 2026
02
Cross-referenced
4 directories
PulseMCP, MCP.so, Glama, Smithery
03
Verified against
Claude Desktop, Cursor
Installed and tested across clients
04
Last re-checked
MAY 3, 2026
Weekly re-verification
// How other directories see it

The same server, 4 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.

SourceTheir ratingTheir star countTheir downloadsLast synced
AutomationSwitch This page4.3editorial350MAY 3, 2026
PulseMCP— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 3, 2026
MCP.so— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 3, 2026
Glama— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 3, 2026
Smithery— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 3, 2026

// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.

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