Self-hosted MCP bridge for local files, search, editing, shell sessions, Git, and SSH.
View on GitHub ↗LocalBridge MCP is a self-hosted bridge between an online AI assistant and your own computer.
Most online assistants can reason, write code, and plan work, but they normally cannot touch the local files, terminals, repos, logs, and scripts that make real work happen. LocalBridge MCP gives a trusted assistant a controlled doorway into a machine you own, so it can inspect files, edit text, search a project, run tests, use Git, and operate a shell inside the boundaries you choose.
Think of it as a local workbench for an online AI assistant:
It is not a cloud agent. It is not a hosted relay. It is not a sandbox. It is your computer, your credentials, your allowlist, and your risk boundary.
LocalBridge MCP is intentionally powerful. Treat it like giving an assistant access to a terminal, not like installing a harmless browser bookmark.
For the engineering story behind LocalBridge MCP, including the cost motivation, ChatGPT-to-macOS architecture, runtime reliability work, and how it fits alongside Codex and API usage, see AI Engineering Field Notes Part 02: Codex Quota Wasn’t Enough, So I Gave ChatGPT a Way Into My Mac.
Use LocalBridge MCP when you want an online AI assistant to help with local computer work, for example:
- look through a repo and explain what changed; - edit files and run the test suite; - search a project faster than copying snippets into chat; - execute small shell commands and return exact output; - drive Git, SSH, package managers, Docker, build scripts, or deployment commands; - keep a persistent macOS runtime online through OpenAI Secure MCP Tunnel.
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