SysKnife

io.github.lacs-project/sysknife

3/4 checks passed
Runs locally
No secrets
★ 86 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-10-27
Health score 62

About SysKnife

SysKnife is an MCP server published by the GitHub account lacs-project. Administers Linux via typed, approval-gated actions with an Ed25519-signed audit trail.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the cargo package sysknife-cli at version 0.27.0.

It asks for no keys or passwords.

Version 0.27.0 was published on 27 October 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 7 automated checks on registry metadata: 3 pass, 1 warn, 0 fail, 3 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`SYSKNIFE_SOCKET`	No	No	Where the privileged daemon listens: a unix:// path, a vsock:// target, or a bare path. Defaults to wherever the daemon bound, so it is only needed for a non-default install or a remote VM.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/lacs-project/sysknife
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for no secrets
Known package registry	Warn	Unrecognized registry: cargo
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account lacs-project
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Code red flags	Info	cargo packages are not read yet

Popularity & health: 62 / 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.

Popularity10 / 40

112 GitHub stars, no download count, 0 Hacker News posts (0 points). Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity25 / 25

Last push 2026-10-29, last release 2026-10-29, 347 commits in 90 days.

Issue health12 / 15

235 closed of 297 issues.

Our checks16 / 20

1 warning, each costing a fifth.

33 forks, 398 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.lacs-project/sysknife`
Publisher	GitHub account lacs-project
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account lacs-project. 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	cargo `sysknife-cli` 0.27.0 (stdio)
Version	0.27.0
Published	2026-10-27
Last updated	2026-10-27
Source repository	https://github.com/lacs-project/sysknife
Website	https://lacs-project.github.io/sysknife/
Category	Cloud & infrastructure (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)