What is crosspaste-desktop?
crosspaste-desktop is a MCP server by CrossPaste that cross-device clipboard manager: search synced clipboard history, read OCR text from copied images and add new clipboard items. It is listed under Productivity and has 2,641 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | CrossPaste |
| Repository | CrossPaste/crosspaste-desktop |
| Popularity | 2,641 GitHub stars |
| Category | Productivity |
| Security | Low risk (88/100) |
| Rank | #120 of 4,418 MCP servers; #5 in Productivity |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-18 |
| Stars this week | +16 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | Java |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux |
Is crosspaste-desktop safe to install?
crosspaste-desktop scores 88/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: can take actions such as send, write or deploy. 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 |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Can take actions such as send, write or deploy | Review |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install crosspaste-desktop?
- 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/CrossPaste/crosspaste-desktop
- 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 crosspaste-desktop -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http crosspaste-desktop <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 crosspaste-desktop for you:
Add the "crosspaste-desktop" MCP server from https://github.com/CrossPaste/crosspaste-desktop 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.