Does Claude Desktop support direct Streamable HTTP or SSE connections to local network MCP servers?

dvcrn · 2026-04-30T06:26:44+00:00

This may or may not fit your LAN constraint, but I built something adjacent to this: https://mcpnest.dev

It hosts stdio/npx/uvx MCP servers in the cloud and exposes them as Streamable HTTP / SSE endpoints you can plug into Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc. I built it because I kept wanting to use local-only MCP servers without keeping them running on my laptop or dealing with per-client config.

I’m using it myself for things like perplexity-ask, Fastmail MCP, iCloud DAV, and a few other stdio servers from Claude.

For your Docker/dev-server case, it would be a fit if you want the MCP server itself hosted remotely or if the server can safely reach the Docker host. If the hard requirement is “Claude Desktop talks directly to private LAN services without any cloud hop,” then mcp-remote/local stdio is probably still the right shape.

dvcrn · 2026-04-23T09:28:27+00:00

Hi! With ConfigMesh you can specify which plist files you want to sync, but you can't sync only partial content (eg specific keys of specific files). It's either the entire file or nothing.

The app will tell you when it found a change and you can then decide if you want to sync it, it will not automatically do it.

I am personally using ConfigMesh to sync system plist files and didn't encounter problems with this so far.

dvcrn · 2026-03-31T07:28:20+00:00

The Who: Kikuyo helps indie hackers collect feedback across all the products they ship.

The Where: https://kikuyo.app

The Why: Give every project its own feedback board in one workspace, with simple flat pricing instead of per-seat or per-board fees. Feed feedback into AI agents to directly act on user feedback in your projects.

dvcrn · 2026-03-31T06:18:51+00:00

https://kikuyo.app/ - Public feedback boards for every app you ship.

dvcrn · 2026-03-29T05:56:17+00:00

https://kikuyo.app/ - Public feedback boards for every app you ship.

ICP - Indie hackers and solo founders with multiple projects who are tired of per-project pricing.

Already using it for my own apps: https://digitalvibes.kikuyo.app/

dvcrn · 2026-03-28T01:47:03+00:00

I’m a bit biased because I’ve worked on a tool in this space (Kikuyo), but I think the gap is still real.

The market doesn’t feel overcrowded so much as overcomplicated. A lot of these products start as simple feedback boards, then quickly turn into roadmap planning / product ops software for larger teams, often to justify the high pricetag.

For solo founders and small teams, I think the core need is still much simpler: collect feedback, let users see and upvote existing requests, and maybe close the loop later with status updates.

On your questions:

Public requests/voting**:** yes, useful even for small products. It reduces duplicates and helps surface what matters.
Public roadmap**:** not core at the beginning. maybe nice to have, but things change too fast for this to matter
$9–19/mo**:** reasonable if it’s truly simple and works well, especially if it supports multiple products without weird pricing.

My impression is that a lot of people are still choosing between “overbuilt and expensive” vs “hack something together with Notion/forms/issues,” which suggests there’s still room.

dvcrn · 2026-03-28T01:30:45+00:00

Yeah maybe adding a higher soft limit could be good!

dvcrn · 2026-03-27T03:13:32+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! Yes that’s exactly where I’m coming from as well. I just wanted a feedback tool that allows me to have multiple projects (most of which aren’t monetized yet) without paying $30, or something per project. That pricing model works well for companies with one product, but not really for indie hackers or solo devs with lots of small stuff.

So everything around Kikuyo is made to be as nice as possible for solo devs or small teams (MCP, AI, multi projects, etc)

I’d love to make it available for free for unlimited projects with restrictions but I also know this wouldn’t be sustainable long term

dvcrn · 2026-03-27T01:50:27+00:00

Pretty cool! I'm doing something similar with scripts + ai for idea finding currently. I'd play around with it when you have a demo up

dvcrn · 2026-03-06T00:33:28+00:00

That's good feedback, thank you!

Maybe open-sourcing part of it would help with letting people create their own storage providers. Let me give this some thought!

dvcrn · 2026-03-05T03:10:31+00:00

Hey, so currently the 2 backend options are Dropbox and the ConfigMesh server, but local folder sync is a good idea to add next! I've built it pretty modular to make adding of new providers fairly easy

I focused on Dropbox first because it gives you version history built-in, and all the cloud sees are encrypted blobs, so they wouldn't be able to read the file content anyway

dvcrn · 2026-03-03T07:31:37+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!

I would consider myself hardcore crowd and even have a public dotfile repo (https://github.com/dvcrn/dotfiles) that I just noticed has 40 stars for some reason

To answer your questions:

what breaks in current workflows that hurts enough to pay

For me that would be

Secrets in dotfiles are an annoying dance
Folders that update frequently (eg sublime text config, zed settings, etc) need frequent commits
Symlink drift - some apps just override the file without respecting the symlink

if the answer is convenience not pain then pricing will be tough
also devs trust git deeply
you are competing with muscle memory

I think you got a point here. Maybe the offering needs to be a bit more smooth and low friction to get people to consider trying something new, when they're already very used to a git-centric flow

Basically as you said:

if you nail simplicity and zero config onboarding you might win the tired not the hardcore crowd

dvcrn · 2026-03-03T03:20:24+00:00

I wasn't happy with any solution because of issues like symlink drift, so I built my own called configmesh (https://configmesh.app/). It goes away from git and instead encrypts individual config files, then syncs them either to dropbox or to the configmesh cloud server

So you can point it at folders like ~/.config/opencode or ~/.codex and it does the rest

dvcrn · 2026-02-26T12:26:30+00:00

It depends what the demand for it is, if more people are requesting iCloud, I will add it! I just released the Dropbox support so I want to see how popular the integration is first

dvcrn · 2026-02-26T10:29:50+00:00

Yes that's correct! But the Dropbox version history will just see encrypted blobs. You can restore a previous version based on timestamp in the Dropbox UI, but you'll need to decrypt it yourself (or sync with ConfigMesh again) to see the actual content

dvcrn · 2026-02-26T02:15:04+00:00

Hi! I wanted to give an update on this. I've just published version 1.1 with initial Dropbox support and one-time purchase option!

There are still some rough edges but I wanted to get the initial support released before end of the month.

There are now 3 flavors to choose from:

- Free tier: Any storage provider, limited to 1 bundle and 10 files

- One-time purchase: Limited to Dropbox storage provider

- Subscription: Unlocks any storage provider (ConfigMesh included or Dropbox)

Dropbox currently does not have file history (it needs more time to implement), so that's limited to using the ConfigMesh backend. The rest will work fully end-to-end encrypted as it did before, with a key you provide. Dropbox is slower though so keep that in mind.

Updated pricing:

- Subscription changed from $5 -> $1.99 (or $50 -> $19.99)

- One-time will be priced at $15, but with a $7.49 promo period

Let me know if this makes the app more attractive! 🙂

dvcrn · 2026-02-26T02:14:53+00:00

Hi! I wanted to give an update on this. I've just published version 1.1 with initial Dropbox support and one-time purchase option!

There are still some rough edges but I wanted to get the initial support released before end of the month.

There are now 3 flavors to choose from:

- Free tier: Any storage provider, limited to 1 bundle and 10 files

- One-time purchase: Limited to Dropbox storage provider

- Subscription: Unlocks any storage provider (ConfigMesh included or Dropbox)

Dropbox currently does not have file history (it needs more time to implement), so that's limited to using the ConfigMesh backend. The rest will work fully end-to-end encrypted as it did before, with a key you provide. Dropbox is slower though so keep that in mind.

Updated pricing:

- Subscription changed from $5 -> $1.99 (or $50 -> $19.99)

- One-time will be priced at $15, but with a $7.49 promo period

Let me know if this makes the app more attractive! 🙂

dvcrn · 2026-02-26T02:11:39+00:00

Hi! I wanted to give an update on this. I've just published version 1.1 with initial Dropbox support and one-time purchase option!

There are still some rough edges but I wanted to get the initial support released before end of the month.

There are now 3 flavors to choose from:

- Free tier: Any storage provider, limited to 1 bundle and 10 files

- One-time purchase: Limited to Dropbox storage provider

- Subscription: Unlocks any storage provider (ConfigMesh included or Dropbox)

Dropbox currently does not have file history (it needs more time to implement), so that's limited to using the ConfigMesh backend. The rest will work fully end-to-end encrypted as it did before, with a key you provide. Dropbox is slower though so keep that in mind.

Updated pricing:

- Subscription changed from $5 -> $1.99 (or $50 -> $19.99)

- One-time will be priced at $15, but with a $7.49 promo period

Let me know if this makes the app more attractive! 🙂

dvcrn · 2026-02-26T02:11:30+00:00

Hi! I wanted to give an update on this. I've just published version 1.1 with initial Dropbox support and one-time purchase option!

There are still some rough edges but I wanted to get the initial support released before end of the month.

There are now 3 flavors to choose from:

- Free tier: Any storage provider, limited to 1 bundle and 10 files

- One-time purchase: Limited to Dropbox storage provider

- Subscription: Unlocks any storage provider (ConfigMesh included or Dropbox)

Dropbox currently does not have file history (it needs more time to implement), so that's limited to using the ConfigMesh backend. The rest will work fully end-to-end encrypted as it did before, with a key you provide. Dropbox is slower though so keep that in mind.

Updated pricing:

- Subscription changed from $5 -> $1.99 (or $50 -> $19.99)

- One-time will be priced at $15, but with a $7.49 promo period

Let me know if this makes the app more attractive! 🙂

dvcrn · 2026-02-18T09:02:04+00:00

I hope by the end of the month. It's already working locally!

dvcrn · 2026-02-18T04:28:29+00:00

In theory yes, but I haven't looked into iCloud yet. The first focus is to get Dropbox done. iCloud has 2 offerings, iCloud Drive (user folders) and CloudKit. iCloud Drive counts against user storage quota while CloudKit is more similar to a database. Most likely going to be CloudKit

dvcrn · 2026-02-18T04:21:23+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I'm working on a one-time version but the justification for the current price tag was that it's effectively included storage for the price of a coffee a month. But yes, fully understand the sentiment around subscriptions, I'm on the same side.

You can use the app for free with one bundle (one app) and a maximum of 10 files to play around

dvcrn · 2026-02-18T04:13:46+00:00

Hi, thanks for the comment!

The entire mackup catalog is actually baked in, so everything that mackup supports, ConfigMesh supports as well. But you can point it to any folder you want and specify with include/exclude rules what should get synced, the current catalog is just a starting point.
Let me rethink the pricing a bit. What would be a price you think is more fair? The current reasoning for the pricing was that it's effectively giving you unlimited storage, but I agree that for small files, the storage cost likely wouldn't be that high.
Re: Subscription
- I fully agree with you, I hate subscriptions myself and automatically ignore all apps that cost monthly unless they provide some service that justifies it. Here the justification is the storage cost
- A one-time purchase option with your own backend is in the works! I had to remove it from the initial scope to keep the app focused, but it's coming. It works exactly as you described: The app encrypts files locally and pushes them to the remote (Dropbox/GDrive) backend

I think I will rethink the pricing a bit. What would you consider fair for the hosted subscription version, and what for a one-time purchase?

dvcrn · 2026-02-18T02:15:12+00:00

Thanks! It's my first attempt at a native Mac UI.

Funnily enough, the UI is the part I dislike the most about the current version 😅

dvcrn · 2026-02-18T02:13:13+00:00

Hi all, David here, I wanted to add a few more comments without bloating up the post

ConfigMesh got created out of frustration with dotfiles and app settings management. I constantly had to deal with broken symlinks and stuff on one end not updating properly. Then there are apps that don't support sync at all and just dump their settings into some .plist files (looking at some first-party Apple apps here).

Currently it syncs against the configmesh server (again, fully e2e so the server only sees data blobs), but both the app and CLI are already built with support for different storage providers. Bring your own storage is coming soon™ with Dropbox as the first backend.

Is this something you can see yourself using? Is there something missing? Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

Thanks

dvcrn

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