MCP server for FreshRSS, the self-hosted RSS feed aggregator
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add freshrss-mcp -e FRESHRSS_URL=<FRESHRSS_URL> -e FRESHRSS_USER=<FRESHRSS_USER> -e FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD=<FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD> -e FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY=<FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY> -e FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS=<FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS> -e FRESHRSS_ALLOW_TOOLS=<FRESHRSS_ALLOW_TOOLS> -e FRESHRSS_DENY_TOOLS=<FRESHRSS_DENY_TOOLS> -- npx -y @ni-c/[email protected]{
"mcpServers": {
"freshrss-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ni-c/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"FRESHRSS_URL": "<FRESHRSS_URL>",
"FRESHRSS_USER": "<FRESHRSS_USER>",
"FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD": "<FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD>",
"FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY": "<FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY>",
"FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS": "<FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS>",
"FRESHRSS_ALLOW_TOOLS": "<FRESHRSS_ALLOW_TOOLS>",
"FRESHRSS_DENY_TOOLS": "<FRESHRSS_DENY_TOOLS>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"freshrss-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ni-c/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"FRESHRSS_URL": "<FRESHRSS_URL>",
"FRESHRSS_USER": "<FRESHRSS_USER>",
"FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD": "<FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD>",
"FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY": "<FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY>",
"FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS": "<FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS>",
"FRESHRSS_ALLOW_TOOLS": "<FRESHRSS_ALLOW_TOOLS>",
"FRESHRSS_DENY_TOOLS": "<FRESHRSS_DENY_TOOLS>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"freshrss-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ni-c/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"FRESHRSS_URL": "<FRESHRSS_URL>",
"FRESHRSS_USER": "<FRESHRSS_USER>",
"FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD": "<FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD>",
"FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY": "<FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY>",
"FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS": "<FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS>",
"FRESHRSS_ALLOW_TOOLS": "<FRESHRSS_ALLOW_TOOLS>",
"FRESHRSS_DENY_TOOLS": "<FRESHRSS_DENY_TOOLS>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.
Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
FRESHRSS_URLRequired | Root URL of the FreshRSS instance, e.g. https://rss.example.com |
FRESHRSS_USERRequired | FreshRSS user name |
FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORDRequired, secret | API password from Settings -> Profile -> API management, not the web login password |
FRESHRSS_READ_ONLYOptional | Set to true to register only the read tools |
FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLSOptional | Set to true to accept a self-signed certificate for this connection only |
FRESHRSS_ALLOW_TOOLSOptional | Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to register; 'essential' selects a curated preset (default: all tools) |
FRESHRSS_DENY_TOOLSOptional | Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to remove from whatever FRESHRSS_ALLOW_TOOLS left |
Details
| Package | @ni-c/[email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| Package | ghcr.io/ni-c/freshrss-mcp:0.3.2 (OCI, stdio) |
| First published | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Last updated | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.ni-c/freshrss-mcp |
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