Lighthouse MCP Server
A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides web performance auditing, accessibility testing, SEO analysis, security assessment, and Core Web Vitals monitoring using Google Lighthouse. Enables LLMs and AI agents to perform detailed we
context tax
pending
security
100/100
cold start
pending
freshness
Active6d ago
Our reading of Lighthouse, from the data
Lighthouse is a monitoring & observability MCP server from danielsogl.
We haven't measured its tool list yet, so its token cost is unknown.
Maintenance is active: the last public signal was 6 days ago (2026-10-12). For comparison, 62% of monitoring & observability servers are active or maintained.
With 72 GitHub stars it ranks #66 of 797 monitoring & observability servers we index.
It runs locally on your machine over stdio.
Install Lighthouse MCP server
Install in Claude Code
claude mcp add lighthouse-danielsogl -- npx -y @danielsogl/lighthouse-mcpInstall in Cursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"lighthouse-danielsogl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@danielsogl/lighthouse-mcp"
]
}
}
}Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project).
Install in Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"lighthouse-danielsogl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@danielsogl/lighthouse-mcp"
]
}
}
}Settings → Developer → Edit Config (claude_desktop_config.json), then restart.
Install in VS Code
{
"servers": {
"lighthouse-danielsogl": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@danielsogl/lighthouse-mcp"
]
}
}
}Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.
Install in Windsurf
{
"mcpServers": {
"lighthouse-danielsogl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@danielsogl/lighthouse-mcp"
]
}
}
}Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.
Security signals
100/100 — no known issues found as of 2026-10-19, from the checks below. This is not a guarantee of safety; review what a server can do before connecting it.
Deductions
No findings from the checks that ran.
Checks
- ✓Repository hygiene (archived, activity, license, security policy)
- ○Package metadata (install scripts, provenance) — pending
- ○Tool descriptions (prompt-injection and hidden-text heuristics) — pending
- ○Source scan (secrets, CVEs, risky code) by vectra-guard — pending
Scan it yourself before installing with vectra-guard, the open-source agent security CLI. Scoring rules
Freshness
Active — last maintenance signal 6d ago. The newest of the signals below sets the band.
Last commit (default branch)
2026-10-12 · 6d ago · GitHub
Latest release
2026-08-15 · 2mo ago · GitHub · lighthouse-mcp-v2.0.1
Package published
no data · npm/PyPI
Registry entry updated
no data · official registry
How it compares in Monitoring & Observability
Against the most-starred monitoring & observability servers we index. Token cost is per model turn, measured from each server's live tool list.
| Server | Stars | Tools | Tokens / turn | Freshness | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse (this) | 72 | — | not measured | Active | local |
| Netdata | 81,005 | — | not measured | Active | hosted |
| Firecrawl | 7,634 | 3 | 4,383 | Active | local + hosted |
| Browser Tools | 7,327 | — | not measured | Active | local |
| Kubefwd | 4,177 | — | not measured | Active | local |
| Radar Kubernetes | 3,851 | — | not measured | Active | hosted |
FAQ
›How do I install the Lighthouse MCP server in Claude Code?
Run: claude mcp add lighthouse-danielsogl -- npx -y @danielsogl/lighthouse-mcp. For Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and Windsurf, use the install tabs above.
›Does Lighthouse require an API key?
No required environment variables are declared in its published metadata.
›Can I use Lighthouse as a remote (hosted) MCP server?
No hosted endpoint is published; it runs locally over stdio.
›Is Lighthouse in the official MCP registry?
No. It was indexed from npm.
Sources and method
- GitHub repository
- fetched 2026-10-19
- Package registry (npm / PyPI)
- listed
- Security signals, computed by us
- 2026-10-19
- Last checked against all sources
- 2026-10-19
The description, packages and links come from the maintainer's own published metadata. Token cost, security signals, freshness and the reading above are MCPSkillHub's own measurements; see the methodology. Spot an error? Request a correction or claim the listing.
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