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AppCrane for Claude Desktop

io.github.gitayg/appcrane

Deploy and manage apps on your own AppCrane instance, the self-hosted PaaS for AI-built apps.

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install AppCrane in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "appcrane": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "appcrane-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPCRANE_URL": "<APPCRANE_URL>",
        "APPCRANE_KEY": "<APPCRANE_KEY>",
        "APPCRANE_GITHUB_TOKEN": "<APPCRANE_GITHUB_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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