kachiO/mlx-whisper-mcpMCPMCP Server

mlx-whisper-mcp

Local MCP server for MLX Whisper transcription

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Local transcription server for Apple Silicon Macs that turns audio files or YouTube videos into text using MLX Whisper.

Use this when

Need to transcribe a local audio file without uploading to the cloud
Want to extract text from a YouTube video you're analyzing
Working on an Apple Silicon Mac and need fast, offline transcription
Need to process audio data received as base64 in your app
Building a tool that requires local speech-to-text without API costs

Don't use when

On non-Apple Silicon hardware (Intel Macs or Windows/Linux)
When you need real-time streaming transcription
For short clips under 10 seconds (overkill)

Capabilities

Transcribes local audio files from disk
Processes base64-encoded audio data
Downloads and transcribes YouTube videos
Saves transcriptions as text files next to audio
Uses mlx-community/whisper-large-v3-turbo model
Provides rich console output for debugging

InstallMCPRun via uvx (Python)

Universal installANY TOOL

$ npx skillcity@latest kachiO/mlx-whisper-mcp

Auto-detects the skill or MCP server in this repo and installs it for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cline, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Anti-Gravity, OpenClaw and Hermes.

Requires Node.js 18+ (ships with npx).

Or install manually

uvx mlx-whisper-mcp

MCP Configuration

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mlx-whisper-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mlx-whisper-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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