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by mobile-next (community)

MCP server for mobile automation and scraping (iOS, Android, Web). Drive mobile apps for testing, QA, and data extraction from inside agents. 4,811 GitHub stars and 8 commits on main in the last 30 days.

4,811·6 tools·Released SEP 2025·Apache-2.0
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MCP server for mobile automation and scraping (iOS, Android, Web). Drive mobile apps for testing, QA, and data extraction from inside agents. 4,811 stars and 8 commits on main in the last 30 days.

Reviewed by M. Nouriel · MAY 2026

INSTALL THIS SERVER

{ "mcpServers": { "mobile-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@mobilenext/mobile-mcp" ] } } }
PrereqNPM: `@mobilenext/mobile-mcp`. Requires Xcode/Android Studio for simulator support. Path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS).
{ "mcpServers": { "mobile-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@mobilenext/mobile-mcp" ] } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "mobile-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@mobilenext/mobile-mcp" ] } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "mobile-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@mobilenext/mobile-mcp" ] } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "mobile-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@mobilenext/mobile-mcp" ] } } }

6 TOOLS AVAILABLE

launch_app
Launch a mobile app on a simulator or device
Admin
tap
Tap a UI element by selector or coordinates
Admin
type_text
Type text into a focused field
Admin
screenshot
Capture a screenshot of the device or simulator
Read
get_page_source
Retrieve the UI hierarchy as XML/JSON
Read
list_devices
List connected devices and simulators
Read

OUR ASSESSMENT

Strengths
  • 4,811 GitHub stars.
  • 8 commits on main in the last 30 days.
  • Apache-2.0 license.
  • Cross-platform: iOS, Android, mobile web.
  • First mobile MCP in the directory.
  • UI hierarchy retrieval supports robust selector strategies.
Weaknesses
  • Requires Xcode/Android Studio toolchains for simulator support.
  • Real-device automation requires USB connection or device farm.
  • Community-maintained.
Security Notes

Mobile automation runs against simulators or real devices. App data may include user credentials, tokens, or PII; treat the agent flow as having access to whatever the connected device can show. For production agent flows, use a dedicated test device with sandboxed test accounts.

Best For

Mobile QA teams adopting agent-driven flows; data extraction from mobile-only apps; cross-platform mobile testing inside an agent loop; product teams testing native iOS/Android features without writing Appium scripts.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Language
typescript
Transport
stdio
Clients
Claude DesktopClaude CodeCursorVS CodeWindsurf
License
Apache-2.0
GitHub
npm
@mobilenext/mobile-mcp
Last Release
@mobilenext/mobile-mcp (npm latest)MAY 7, 2026
First Released
SEP 1, 2025

ADOPTION METRICS

// GitHub Stars
4,811

// Reading this4,811 stars on mobile-next/mobile-mcp. 8 commits on main in the last 30 days.

// Popularity Rank
#7
Globally · #7 in Dev Tools

// Reading thisPairs with Playwright, Chrome DevTools, BrowserStack, XcodeBuildMCP, Unity in dev-tools. Mobile MCP covers cross-platform mobile automation uniquely.

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 7, 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 7, 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 page4.4editorial4,811MAY 7, 2026
PulseMCP— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 7, 2026
MCP.so— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 7, 2026
Glama— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 7, 2026
Smithery— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 7, 2026

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

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