MCP Virtual Computer

io.github.flujo-app/mcp-virtual-computer

7/7 checks passed
Runs locally
1 secret
★ 3 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-09-02
Health score 59

About MCP Virtual Computer

MCP Virtual Computer is an MCP server published by the GitHub account flujo-app. A persistent Docker or Fly computer with a Three.js interface and optional live Xfce desktop.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the PyPI package mcp-virtual-computer at version 0.2.11.

It asks for one secret: FLY_API_TOKEN. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

It also needs COMPUTER_ID set before it starts.

Version 0.2.11 was published on 2 September 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 2 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`BACKEND`	No	No	Computer provider. Use docker for a local container or fly for a permanent Fly Machine.
`COMPUTER_ID`	Yes	No	Stable identity of the one persistent computer.
`DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT`	No	No	Start the real Xfce desktop instead of the virtual desktop.
`NETWORK_ACCESS`	No	No	Allow outbound network access from the computer.
`AUTO_INSTALL_DOCKER`	No	No	On Windows, install and start Docker Desktop lazily when needed.
`AUTO_INSTALL_FLYCTL`	No	No	Download flyctl into the user profile when it is missing.
`FLY_API_TOKEN`	No	Yes	Optional Fly API token. A cached flyctl login is also supported.
`EXPOSE_LIFECYCLE_TOOLS`	No	No	Also expose runtime status and network/desktop switching tools to the model. The MCP App can always use them.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/flujo-app/mcp-virtual-computer
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 1 secret: FLY_API_TOKEN
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account flujo-app
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	mcp-virtual-computer 0.2.11 has no setup.py; nothing runs at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 52 files in mcp-virtual-computer 0.2.11: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 52 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 59 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity8 / 40

3 GitHub stars, 26 downloads last week, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity24 / 25

Last push 2026-10-23, last release 2026-09-02, 32 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

0 closed of 1 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

0 forks, 1 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

No Hacker News threads link to its source code.

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.flujo-app/mcp-virtual-computer`
Publisher	GitHub account flujo-app
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account flujo-app. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	pypi `mcp-virtual-computer` 0.2.11 (stdio)
Version	0.2.11
Published	2026-09-02
Last updated	2026-09-02
Source repository	https://github.com/flujo-app/mcp-virtual-computer
Website	https://github.com/flujo-app/mcp-virtual-computer
Category	Other (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · Python package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-virtual-computer": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-virtual-computer==0.2.11"
      ],
      "env": {
        "COMPUTER_ID": "<your value>"
      }
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

We did not run this server, so we don't know what it does when it runs. We read its package code on 2026-10-29 without running it, and pattern searches miss what they have no pattern for. Tool descriptions built at run time were not seen. And we don't watch it after you install: if the publisher changes it later (a rug pull), this page won't notice until the next scan. Treat a pass as "nothing found", not as "safe".

For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/io-github-flujo-app-mcp-virtual-computer.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.