DevSpace

Install

npx skillfoxx add mcp/devspace

claude mcp add --transport http devspace https://your-tunnel-host.example.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "devspace": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://your-tunnel-host.example.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "devspace": {
      "url": "https://your-tunnel-host.example.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

code --add-mcp '{"name":"devspace","type":"http","url":"https://your-tunnel-host.example.com/mcp"}'

{
  "servers": {
    "devspace": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://your-tunnel-host.example.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

codex mcp add devspace --url https://your-tunnel-host.example.com/mcp

[mcp_servers.devspace]
url = "https://your-tunnel-host.example.com/mcp"

gemini mcp add -s user -t http devspace https://your-tunnel-host.example.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "devspace": {
      "httpUrl": "https://your-tunnel-host.example.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "devspace": {
      "serverUrl": "https://your-tunnel-host.example.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "devspace": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://your-tunnel-host.example.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "devspace": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://your-tunnel-host.example.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcp": {
    "devspace": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://your-tunnel-host.example.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "context_servers": {
    "devspace": {
      "url": "https://your-tunnel-host.example.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

npm install -g @waishnav/devspace
devspace init

This is third-party code. Review the repository files before installing.

What it does

DevSpace is an MCP server you run yourself and expose through your own tunnel. Through it ChatGPT or another MCP client gets tools to work with your local projects: read and edit files, search code, inspect directories and run commands for tests, builds, git and package scripts. Access is limited to folders you allow, and the connection is confirmed with an owner password from ~/.devspace/auth.json. It supports isolated git worktrees for parallel sessions, reading instructions from AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md, and connecting selected agents as subagents. Nothing is uploaded to a third-party service; the code stays on your machine.

Who it is for. For developers who want to run a coding session from ChatGPT or another MCP client directly in their local projects.

Example request

Open my project in an allowed folder, find the failing test and propose a fix

Limitations

DevSpace grants the connected client serious powers on the machine, including shell command execution inside the opened workspace, so treat the client as a trusted partner with system access. You need your own public HTTPS address through Cloudflare Tunnel, ngrok, Pinggy, Tailscale Funnel or another proxy, and Node 22.19 or newer. Keep the owner password from ~/.devspace/auth.json private. The main client, ChatGPT, is unavailable from Russia without a VPN, so that scenario needs service access.

How to disable. Stop the devspace serve process and the tunnel, remove the connector in the client and, if needed, uninstall the global @waishnav/devspace package and the ~/.devspace/ folder.

MCP

Transport

http

Authentication

not required

Security check

• Gives the connected client arbitrary command execution on your machine
• Exposes local folders outward through a tunnel

README in short

The README describes DevSpace as an MCP server you keep on your machine and expose through your own tunnel so a client like ChatGPT can work with local code. Installation is via npm or npx, and devspace init asks where you will connect from and which folders and agents are allowed. One /mcp endpoint supports both the newer per-request protocol and older clients without a mode switch. The connection is confirmed with an owner password, and the client gets rights to read, edit, search and run commands in the opened folder. It needs Node 22.19 or newer and supports Linux, macOS and Windows.

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