What is chroma-mcp?
chroma-mcp is a MCP server by chroma-core that access local and cloud Chroma instances for retrieval. It is listed under Data & databases and has 600 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | chroma-core |
| Repository | chroma-core/chroma-mcp |
| Popularity | 600 GitHub stars |
| Category | Data & databases |
| Security | Low risk (88/100) |
| Rank | #233 of 4,418 MCP servers; #23 in Data & databases |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2025-09-17 |
| Stars this week | +1 |
| Runs | Locally and in the cloud |
| Language | Python |
Is chroma-mcp safe to install?
chroma-mcp scores 88/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service. It passed 5 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Published by the service itself | Pass |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install chroma-mcp?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma-mcp
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add chroma-mcp -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http chroma-mcp <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs chroma-mcp for you:
Add the "chroma-mcp" MCP server from https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma-mcp to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.