LocalMCP Download for Mac

Remote MCP for your own Mac

Let your AI work on your Mac.

Install one Mac app. Connect your account. Add one MCP URL. Then the AI host you already use can work with the local projects you allow.

Download for Mac See the 3-step setup

macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon · release preparing

Your AI host ChatGPT / Claude MCP + OAuth
one MCP URL
LocalMCP secure routing
outbound connection
Your Mac ● Connected files · shell · build · test

Your Mac connects out. You do not configure a tunnel, token, or public port.

START HERE

Three steps. That’s it.

1

Download LocalMCP for Mac

Open the app once. macOS keeps the headless Runtime available in the background after setup.

Download for Mac Release preparing
2

Click “Connect this Mac”

Your browser opens the LocalMCP account page. Sign in and approve this Mac. The app receives a one-time Device credential; it never receives your account password.

Mac connected
3

Add LocalMCP to your AI host

In your AI host’s Remote MCP settings, add the URL below. The host opens LocalMCP OAuth so you can choose which Mac, work, and capabilities it may use.

https://mcp.localmcp.gokoding.com/mcp

YOUR AI HOST

Same URL. Separate permission.

The exact menu name varies by host. The flow does not: add a Remote MCP server, paste the LocalMCP URL, then complete OAuth.

ChatGPT Open its MCP / connector settings, add a remote server, paste the URL, and authorize LocalMCP.
Claude Add a remote MCP integration/server, paste the same URL, and complete the LocalMCP authorization.
Other MCP hosts Use Remote MCP over HTTP with OAuth. No LocalMCP Device token belongs in the host configuration.

TWO PERMISSIONS, TWO JOBS

Connecting your Mac does not automatically trust every AI.

01

Connect this Mac

Authorizes this Device to your LocalMCP account and lets its Runtime maintain an outbound connection to LocalMCP Cloud.

02

Connect an AI host

A separate OAuth screen decides which Device, work, and scopes that AI host can use. Revoking one host does not disconnect your Mac.

LocalMCP does not require an inbound port on your Mac. Device and AI-host credentials stay separated by purpose. Code requested through MCP may still be sent to the AI provider you choose, under that provider’s terms and privacy settings.

IF SOMETHING ISN’T CONNECTED

Check the layer that is actually failing.

Mac says “Not connected”

Open LocalMCP on the Mac and choose Connect this Mac. Finish the browser approval. The Mac app should then report the Runtime and Cloud Relay as connected.

AI host says it is not authorized

Your Mac can be online while an AI host is still unauthorized. Reconnect the Remote MCP server in that host and finish the separate LocalMCP OAuth approval.

Do I need a tunnel URL or API key?

No. For the normal LocalMCP flow, the Mac Runtime makes the outbound connection. The AI host only needs the public Remote MCP URL shown above.

Can I close the Mac app?

Yes. Once the packaged background Runtime is enabled, macOS keeps it running independently of the SwiftUI window. You can reopen the app whenever you want to inspect or change the connection.

Install once. Use it from the AI you already have.

No tunnel setup. No Device token to copy. No second coding chat.

Download LocalMCP for Mac

macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon · release preparing