Show HN: Desktopmcp – MCP server for the Linux desktop

Category: infrastructure

Tags: mcp-server, linux-desktop, ai-automation

Score: 7.5/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Desktopmcp is an MCP server that connects AI assistants to the Linux desktop via XDG Portals, AT-SPI accessibility, and D-Bus, exposing 144 tools for screen capture, UI navigation, input simulation, and system control. Its innovative combination of semantic accessibility tree access with permission-gated desktop operations fills a clear gap for AI desktop automation on Wayland.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, ai-engineers

Repository: https://github.com/varbhat/desktopmcp · Rust · Apache-2.0 · 2 stars

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