Ghost

io.github.NORTHTEKDevs/ghost

5/6 checks passed
Runs locally
1 secret
★ 28 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-09-06
Health score 52

About Ghost

Ghost is an MCP server published by the GitHub account NORTHTEKDevs. Verified desktop control for agents on Windows and Linux: apps with no API, windows, shell, browser.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the MCP bundle package ghost-windows-x64.mcpb, with no version pinned.

It asks for one secret: GHOST_VISION_API_KEY. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

Version 0.23.4 was published on 6 September 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 8 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 5 pass, 1 warn, 0 fail, 2 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`GHOST_VISION_API_KEY`	No	Yes	Not needed for agents: the model driving Ghost reads ghost_see and ghost_screenshot itself. Only enables the optional built-in vision tier for description targets (any OpenAI-compatible vision endpoint).

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/NORTHTEKDevs/ghost
Version pinned	Warn	Not pinned: https://github.com/NORTHTEKDevs/ghost/releases/download/v0.23.4/ghost-windows-x64.mcpb, https://github.com/NORTHTEKDevs/ghost/releases/download/v0.23.4/ghost-linux-x86_64.mcpb
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 1 secret: GHOST_VISION_API_KEY
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account NORTHTEKDevs
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Code red flags	Pass	Read 2 files in the bundle: 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 2 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 52 / 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.

Popularity7 / 40

28 GitHub stars, no download count, 0 Hacker News posts (0 points). Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity22 / 25

Last push 2026-09-06, last release 2026-09-06, 81 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

0 closed of 0 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks16 / 20

1 warning, each costing a fifth.

4 forks, 4 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.NORTHTEKDevs/ghost`
Publisher	GitHub account NORTHTEKDevs
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account NORTHTEKDevs. 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	mcpb `https://github.com/NORTHTEKDevs/ghost/releases/download/v0.23.4/ghost-windows-x64.mcpb` no version given (stdio) mcpb `https://github.com/NORTHTEKDevs/ghost/releases/download/v0.23.4/ghost-linux-x86_64.mcpb` no version given (stdio)
Version	0.23.4
Published	2026-09-06
Last updated	2026-09-06
Source repository	https://github.com/NORTHTEKDevs/ghost
Website	https://github.com/NORTHTEKDevs/ghost
Category	Browser automation (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)