inspector — security grade SAFE, quality 65/100

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 65/100

No red flags found in any of the 11 categories — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

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About inspector

MCP Inspector A developer tool for inspecting Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. It ships as a single package, , that provides three ways to inspect a server: Web — a Vite + React + Mantine single-page app with a Node backend. CLI — a scriptable command-line client for automation, CI, and fast agent feedback loops. TUI — an interactive terminal UI built with Ink. All three run through one global binary: Repo status. This is the v2 line of the Inspector. Active development happens on (the develop branch — all v2 PRs target it), which is merged into at milestone releases; is the default branch and holds the latest released v2, published to the npm tag. The legacy v1 line lives on — security fixes only, published straight from that branch to the npm tag (). See for branch/board conventions. Project layout v2 is not an npm workspace. Each client under keeps its own and ; shared code lives in and is consumed via a @inspector/

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Quick Facts

Stars10,691
Forks1,487
LanguageTypeScript
CategoryMCP Server
Quality Score65.3997122853765/100
Open Issues57
Last Updated2026-08-19
Created2024-10-03
Platformsbrowser, cli, mcp, node
Est. Tokens~23k

Compatible Skills

These tools work well together with inspector for enhanced workflows:

  • shortest — semantic(0.16)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (55%)
  • labs-ai-tools-vscode — semantic(0.19)+complementary+same_lang+shared_platform (46%)
  • mcpso — semantic(0.31)+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (46%)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is inspector?

inspector is Visual testing tool for MCP servers. It is categorized as a MCP Server with 10.7k GitHub stars.

What programming language is inspector written in?

inspector is primarily written in TypeScript. It covers topics such as cli, debug, mcp.

How do I install or use inspector?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the inspector GitHub repository at github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector. The project has 10.7k stars and 1487 forks, indicating an active community.

What are the best alternatives to inspector?

The top alternatives to inspector on Agent Skills Hub include oh-my-pi, harbor, page-agent. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

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