Desktop extension
A desktop extension is a local MCP server, packaged as one file, that installs in the Claude desktop app with one click and runs on your own computer. Claude's directory lists 132 desktop extensions on October 13, 2026, the smallest of its three kinds (808 connectors, 3,252 plugins).
- Listed
- 132
- Runs on
- Your computer
- App
- Claude desktop
- Public server address
- None
More from our data
A desktop extension runs on the user's machine, so it has no public address and isn't in our MCP server data. Tool counts and annotations on OpenApps come from remote servers only.