HomeLab Monitor MCP Server

One page for your whole home lab & AI rig - GPU truth (any vendor), tokens/sec, power cost by the hour, uptime, training runs, containers, disks. No agents, no separate metrics stack, no cloud.

People who need DevOps & monitoring tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-24 · ★ 185 · #61 OF 101 MAINTAINED DEVOPS & MONITORING · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install HomeLab Monitor

Docker

docker run -i --rm docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2

Claude Desktop - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sikamikanikobg-homelab-monitor": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

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Full setup guides: every client.

02 · 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.

runs as container (OCI image) - can be sandboxed away from your filesystem

license MIT - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.SikamikanikoBG is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What HomeLab Monitor can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v0.31.0 · 2026-08-16

0.30.0 split the page into two cadences - live values on a two-second stream, history charts on their own timer - and the split quietly went wrong: every number moved every two seconds while every chart sat still for…

v0.30.0 · 2026-08-08

Live values went from twenty-five seconds stale to two, and the app asks the server for less than it did before - because the fix was to stop conflating how often something is measured with how often it is stored.…

v0.29.1 · 2026-08-07

_Patch release - bug fix, rolled up into the next minor. Shipped quietly: no announcement, but the in-app updater will offer it._ · Fixed · Shared data is no longer billed to one container just because nobody else…

04 · Who maintains HomeLab Monitor

HomeLab Monitor is maintained by sikamikanikobg. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to May 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/sikamikanikobg/homelab-monitor
website: https://sikamikanikobg.github.io/homelab-monitor/mcp/
category: DevOps & monitoring - ranked #61 of 101 actively-maintained DevOps & monitoring servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-16)
registry: io.github.SikamikanikoBG/homelab-monitor (active, first published 2026-06-09)
packages: oci:docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2

06 · HomeLab Monitor FAQ

What is HomeLab Monitor?

One page for your whole home lab & AI rig - GPU truth (any vendor), tokens/sec, power cost by the hour, uptime, training runs, containers, disks. No agents, no separate metrics stack, no cloud.

Is HomeLab Monitor still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-24 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install HomeLab Monitor?

Run `docker run -i --rm docker.io/sikamikaniko123/homelab-monitor:0.14.2`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

07 · Alternatives to HomeLab Monitor

Alternatives to HomeLab Monitor

Maintained DevOps & monitoring servers if HomeLab Monitor isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what HomeLab Monitor doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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