Is Hookdeck Cli safe to use?

Hookdeck Cli has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

How do I install Hookdeck Cli?

Hookdeck Cli supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What AI clients work with Hookdeck Cli?

Hookdeck Cli is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is Hookdeck Cli actively maintained?

Hookdeck Cli is actively maintained — last commit was 7 days ago. It has 357 GitHub stars.

Hookdeck Cli

Name: Hookdeck Cli
Author: hookdeck

hookdeck-cli · by hookdeck

CLI for Hookdeck: forward webhooks to localhost (ngrok alternative), manage and query Event Gateway resources (sources, connections, destinations, events), run the MCP server for AI agents. Free for dev.

357 12.4k/wk 0 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

Apache-2.0 license

Actively maintained

Last commit 7d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

0 tools

Grade F

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hookdeck": {
      "args": [
        "gateway",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "command": "hookdeck"
    }
  }
}

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Hookdeck Cli safe to use?: Hookdeck Cli has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
How do I install Hookdeck Cli?: Hookdeck Cli supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with Hookdeck Cli?: Hookdeck Cli is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Hookdeck Cli actively maintained?: Hookdeck Cli is actively maintained — last commit was 7 days ago. It has 357 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hookdeck": {
      "args": [
        "gateway",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "command": "hookdeck"
    }
  }
}

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Hookdeck CLI

Using the Hookdeck CLI, you can forward your events (e.g. webhooks) to your local web server with unlimited free and permanent event URLs. Your event history is preserved between sessions and can be viewed, replayed, or used for testing by you and your teammates.

Hookdeck CLI is compatible with most of Hookdeck's features, such as filtering and fan-out delivery. You can use Hookdeck CLI to develop or test your event (e.g. webhook) integration code locally.

You can also manage Hookdeck Event Gateway resources—sources, destinations, connections, events, transformations—from the CLI. For AI and agent workflows, the Event Gateway MCP server (hookdeck gateway mcp) exposes these capabilities as tools in MCP-compatible clients (e.g. Cursor, Claude).

Although it uses a different approach and philosophy, it's a replacement for ngrok and alternative HTTP tunnel solutions.

Hookdeck for development is completely free, and we monetize the platform with our production offering.

For a complete reference of all commands and flags, see REFERENCE.md.

Installation
Usage
Commands
Configuration files
Global Flags
Troubleshooting
Developing
Testing
Releasing
Repository Setup
License

Quick links: Local development (Listen) · Resource management (CLI) / Manage connections · AI / agent integration (Event Gateway MCP)

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Installation

Hookdeck CLI is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux for distros like Ubuntu, Debian, RedHat, and CentOS.

NPM

Hookdeck CLI is distributed as an NPM package:

npm install hookdeck-cli -g

To install a beta (pre-release) version:

npm install hookdeck-cli@beta -g

macOS

Hookdeck CLI is available on macOS via Homebrew:

brew install hookdeck/hookdeck/hookdeck

To install a beta (pre-release) version:

brew install hookdeck/hookdeck/hookdeck-beta

Windows

Hookdeck CLI is available on Windows via the Scoop package manager:

scoop bucket add hookdeck https://github.com/hookdeck/scoop-hookdeck-cli.git
scoop install hookdeck

To install a beta (pre-release) version:

scoop install hookdeck-beta

Linux Or without package managers

To install the Hookdeck CLI on Linux without a package manager:

Download the latest linux tar.gz file from https://github.com/hookdeck/hookdeck-cli/releases/latest
Unzip the file: tar -xvf hookdeck_X.X.X_linux_amd64.tar.gz
Run the executable: ./hookdeck

For beta (pre-release) versions, download the .deb or .rpm packages from the GitHub releases page (look for releases marked as "Pre-rel

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Why this score

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Score breakdown

68/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−32

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

Checked hookdeck-cli against OSV.dev.

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Hookdeck Cli safe to use?: Hookdeck Cli has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
How do I install Hookdeck Cli?: Hookdeck Cli supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with Hookdeck Cli?: Hookdeck Cli is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Hookdeck Cli actively maintained?: Hookdeck Cli is actively maintained — last commit was 7 days ago. It has 357 GitHub stars.

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Hookdeck Cli

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What Hookdeck Cli does

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Why this score

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Hookdeck Cli

Install in your client

What Hookdeck Cli does

Test This Server

Hookdeck CLI

Table of contents

Installation

NPM

macOS

Windows

Linux Or without package managers

Why this score

68/100across 5 weighted dimensions

Security

Reviews

Frequently Asked Questions

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Discussion

Hookdeck CLI

Table of contents

Installation

NPM

macOS

Windows

Linux Or without package managers