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open-mcp-apps

Build and keep your own little apps, like boards and trackers, right inside your AI chat.

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open-mcp-apps is a helper that lets your AI create small, useful apps for you, such as a to-do board or a habit tracker, and then keep them for later. You ask in plain words, the AI builds the app, and it stays saved with your data. It is handy for anyone who wants a simple tool without learning to code or opening another website.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill or a connection to an app or service. This one connects your AI to open-mcp-apps, so it can build and open little apps for you. When you ask for a board or a tracker, the AI uses this helper to create it and save your data.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI for a small app, like a kanban board or a habit tracker. The AI checks if you already have one, and if not, it writes a simple app and saves it. Then it opens the app right in your chat, with your data inside. From then on, you can open that same app by name in any future chat, and your information will still be there. The helper also keeps a list of your apps and a store of ready-made ones you can add.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Make me a habit tracker”, the open-mcp-apps works in steps: checks your saved apps, then builds the app, then opens it in the chat, and you get back A small app inside your chat.

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What you can do with it

Create a new app like a to-do board, habit tracker, or dashboard
Open any app you have saved by name
See a list of all your apps
Install ready-made apps from a built-in store
Keep your data saved between chats and across different AI hosts
View your apps in a browser on your own computer

Try asking your AI

“Make me a board for what I'm juggling right now”
“Make me a habit tracker”
“Show me my apps”
“Open my kanban board”

What it gives back to you

You get a small app rendered right in the chat, with your data already in it. The AI also tells you the name of the app so you can open it again later. If you ask for a list, you get a simple list of your saved apps. Everything you add or change is saved automatically.

Before you start

What you need

Node.js 22 or newer
A host that can show interactive apps, like Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or Codex
On the installer path, git

Good to know

It can create and change apps and data on your computer, so be careful if you share your screen or use a tunnel to the internet.

Install it with your AI

Add open-mcp-apps to your AI, no technical skills needed

You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.

Sign in to get the install prompt

Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check open-mcp-apps, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.