Unterm MCP Server

The terminal AI agents can drive. Cross-platform terminal (macOS / Linux / Windows) built on Unterm's native next-core terminal engine, with one design bet: the terminal itself is controllable from the outside by any AI agent over MCP. Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Aider, your own scripts - they all get the same JSON-RPC surface (149 authenticated methods plus auth.login) to spawn shells, run commands…

People who need these tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Rust.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-24 · ★ 11 · #722 OF 848 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

NOASSERTION · 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 no standard license detected - usage rights unclear; check the repo before commercial use

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

02 · What Unterm can do

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

Latest releases

v0.69.1 · 2026-08-24

v0.69.0 · 2026-08-23

v0.68.1 · 2026-08-19

03 · Who maintains Unterm

Unterm is maintained by zhitongblog. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Apr 2026.

04 · Facts

repository
github.com/zhitongblog/unterm
website
https://unterm.app/
category
other - ranked #722 of 848 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence
10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-24)
registry
io.github.zhitongblog/unterm (active, first published 2026-06-11 · 5 versions)

05 · Unterm FAQ

What is Unterm?

The terminal AI agents can drive. Cross-platform terminal (macOS / Linux / Windows) built on Unterm's native next-core terminal engine, with one design bet: the terminal itself is controllable from the outside by any AI agent over MCP. Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Aider, your own scripts - they all get the same JSON-RPC surface (149 authenticated methods plus auth.login) to spawn shells, run commands…

Is Unterm 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.

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