hypruse

io.github.IlyasKhallouki/hypruse

7/7 checks passed
Runs locally
No secrets
★ 38 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-10-18
Health score 59

About hypruse

hypruse is an MCP server published by the GitHub account IlyasKhallouki. Computer use for Hyprland: semantic desktop state over IPC, plus vision and native input

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the PyPI package hypruse at version 0.13.0.

It asks for no keys or passwords.

Version 0.13.0 was published on 18 October 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 2 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`HYPRUSE_SCREENSHOT_MODE`	No	No	How captures are returned: 'file' writes to XDG_RUNTIME_DIR and returns the path, 'image' returns the image inline. Use 'image' for clients that render MCP images but cannot read files, such as Claude Desktop.
`HYPRUSE_READONLY`	No	No	Set to 1 to expose only the observation tools (desktop, screenshot, zoom, ui, marks, binds, wait_for). The agent can see and narrate but cannot click, type, or launch.
`HYPRUSE_CONFINE`	No	No	Restrict input to a scope of windows and refuse everything outside it: 'launched' (only windows hypruse opened this session), 'class:firefox,kitty', or 'workspace:3,special:notes'. Unset means no confinement.
`HYPRUSE_AUTH_GUARD`	No	No	Refuse to click or type into system authentication dialogs (polkit, keyring prompts). On by default; 'strict' also refuses password fields in ordinary windows; 0 disables it.
`HYPRUSE_STRICT`	No	No	Set to 1 to refuse to act when the cursor or focused window moved since hypruse's last action, so the agent must re-read the desktop before retrying.
`HYPRUSE_MARK`	No	No	Set to 1 to make the agent's presence legible: tag every window it opens 'hypruse-owned' and flash an on-screen notice when it opens a window or captures the screen.
`HYPRUSE_CLIPBOARD`	No	No	Set to 1 to register the opt-in clipboard tool (never in read-only mode). Off by default because clipboards hold passwords.
`HYPRUSE_JOURNAL`	No	No	Record every tool call, refusals included, as one NDJSON line: 1 writes to XDG_STATE_HOME/hypruse/journal.ndjson, or give a path. Read it back with 'hypruse journal'. Off by default.
`HYPRUSE_JOURNAL_MAX_BYTES`	No	No	Rotate the journal once it reaches this size, keeping one previous generation alongside it. Set 0 to never rotate.
`HYPRUSE_JOURNAL_TEXT`	No	No	Set to 1 to record typed and copied text in the journal verbatim instead of as a length plus digest. Off by default because keystrokes are passwords; needed only to replay typing.
`HYPRUSE_DRYRUN`	No	No	Set to 1 for a rehearsal: every acting tool validates its arguments and runs every trust guard, then reports what it would have done and delivers no input.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/IlyasKhallouki/hypruse
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for no secrets
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account IlyasKhallouki
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	hypruse 0.13.0 has no setup.py; nothing runs at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 73 files in hypruse 0.13.0: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 73 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 59 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity17 / 40

41 GitHub stars, 270 downloads last week, 0 Hacker News posts (0 points). Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity15 / 25

Last push 2026-10-19, last release 2026-10-18, 0 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

4 closed of 4 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

7 forks, 3 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.IlyasKhallouki/hypruse`
Publisher	GitHub account IlyasKhallouki
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account IlyasKhallouki. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	pypi `hypruse` 0.13.0 (stdio)
Version	0.13.0
Published	2026-10-18
Last updated	2026-10-18
Source repository	https://github.com/IlyasKhallouki/hypruse
Website	https://github.com/IlyasKhallouki/hypruse#readme
Category	Other (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · Python package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hypruse": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "hypruse==0.13.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

We did not run this server, so we don't know what it does when it runs. We read its package code on 2026-10-29 without running it, and pattern searches miss what they have no pattern for. Tool descriptions built at run time were not seen. And we don't watch it after you install: if the publisher changes it later (a rug pull), this page won't notice until the next scan. Treat a pass as "nothing found", not as "safe".

For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/io-github-ilyaskhallouki-hypruse.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.