Install on macOS

Install on macOS

Works on Macs with Apple chips (M1 and newer) and Intel chips.

The easy way

1. Open Terminal (press Cmd + Space, type Terminal, press Enter).

2. Paste this line and press Enter:

   curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anand34577/ssh-mcp/main/install.sh | sh

3. Follow the setup that starts automatically.

What the installer does:

• Picks the right version for your Mac.
• Downloads it from this project's GitHub releases and checks its fingerprint (SHA-256), so a damaged or tampered download is refused.
• Installs it to ~/.local/bin, which is just for your account, so no password or sudo is needed.
• Tells macOS it's okay to run, so you don't get the "can't be opened" warning.
• Starts the setup.

If it mentions that ~/.local/bin isn't on your PATH, copy the line it shows into ~/.zshrc. That's only needed if you want to type ssh-mcp-server by name; your AI apps use the full path and work either way.

Without the installer

1. Download from the latest release:

   • Apple chip: ssh-mcp-server-darwin-arm64
   • Intel chip: ssh-mcp-server-darwin-amd64

   Not sure which you have? Apple menu > About This Mac > look for Chip.

2. In Terminal, allow it to run and start the setup:

   cd ~/Downloads
   chmod +x ssh-mcp-server-darwin-arm64
   xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ssh-mcp-server-darwin-arm64
   ./ssh-mcp-server-darwin-arm64 setup

   The setup offers to move it to a permanent place.

Check that it worked

~/.local/bin/ssh-mcp-server version

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