Fast MCP SSH
SSH, SFTP and persistent shells for AI agents. One Rust binary, no runtime.
People who work with sftp, ssh and agentic ai and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Rust.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-09-17 · ★ 4 · #214 OF 227 MAINTAINED AUTOMATION · VERIFIED 2026-09-18
MIT · Rust servers · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Evidence
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
license MIT - declared in the repository
registry namespace io.github.klNuno is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
02 · What Fast MCP SSH can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
What you can build
An agent gets 1 documented tool, including shot.
The 1 tools it gives your agent
Extracted from the project's README - what fast-mcp-ssh lets an agent do.
- shot
- - Screenshots the remote desktop, downscaled before it reaches the model
Latest releases
v0.5.0 · 2026-08-13
Added · MCP revision 2026-07-28, negotiated per peer, alongside every revision back · to 2024-11-05. · Confirmations over multi round-trip requests on 2026-07-28 peers (SEP-2322): · the call returns input_required, the…
v0.4.5 · 2026-08-07
Changes since v0.4.4 · 0.4.5 · keep the server.json description under the registry cap · Install · cargo install fast-mcp-ssh, or download the archive for your · platform below and check it against SHA256SUMS.txt.
v0.4.4 · 2026-08-07
Changes since v0.4.3 · 0.4.4 · split out a lib target so docs.rs has something to show · gate publishing behind the release, mint the registry token per run (#9) · Install · cargo install fast-mcp-ssh, or download the…
03 · Who maintains Fast MCP SSH
fast-mcp-ssh is maintained by klnuno. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to May 2026.
04 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/klnuno/fast-mcp-ssh
- category
- automation - ranked #214 of 227 actively-maintained automation servers as of 2026-09-18.
- release cadence
- 7 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-13)
- registry
- io.github.klNuno/fast-mcp-ssh (active, first published 2026-07-29 · 5 versions)
- packages
- cargo:fast-mcp-ssh
05 · Fast MCP SSH FAQ
What is Fast MCP SSH?
SSH, SFTP and persistent shells for AI agents. One Rust binary, no runtime.
Is Fast MCP SSH still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-17 and it shipped 7 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.
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