What is devloop?
devloop is a MCP server by vincentvella that drive a browser or Expo/React Native app alongside your dev server on one correlated timeline, lining up frontend errors with backend stack traces. It is listed under Browser & web and has 2 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | vincentvella |
| Repository | vincentvella/devloop |
| Popularity | 2 GitHub stars |
| Category | Browser & web |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #2,759 of 4,418 MCP servers; #240 in Browser & web |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-16 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux |
Is devloop safe to install?
devloop scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. 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 |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install devloop?
- 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/vincentvella/devloop
- 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 devloop -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http devloop <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 devloop for you:
Add the "devloop" MCP server from https://github.com/vincentvella/devloop 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.