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Pexels MCP server

by codeChap·io.github.codeChap/pexels·v0.1.0
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MCP server for Pexels — search photos and videos, and browse collections

C63/100grade C
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Pexels tools

No tool declarations could be read from the package source. They show once the server is installed.

Public scan report

scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-25 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings
  • –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
  • –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
  • –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
  • Auth qualityno auth information5/15
  • Maintenancelast push 30 days ago12/15
  • Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10
Overall 63/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON

How Pexels compares

Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score
63/100
higher than 15% of 3,470 Web search servers

Install Pexels in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

The registry entry has no remote endpoint or installable package.

What the publisher says

From the Pexels repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

mcp-server-pexels

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for the Pexels API. Built in Rust, exposes photo search, video search, and curated/featured content as MCP tools.

Communicates via stdio using JSON-RPC 2.0.

Tools

Prerequisites

  • Rust (edition 2024)
  • A Pexels API key from pexels.com/api

Setup

mkdir -p ~/.config/mcp-server-pexels

Create ~/.config/mcp-server-pexels/config.toml:

api_key = "your-pexels-api-key"

Build

cargo build --release

Produces target/release/mcp-server-pexels.

MCP configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pexels": {
      "command": "/path/to/mcp-server-pexels"
    }
  }
}

Project structure

src/
  main.rs    - entry point, config loading, stdio transport
  server.rs  - MCP tool definitions
  api.rs     - Pexels HTTP client and response types
  params.rs  - tool parameter types
  config.rs  - TOML config loading

License

MIT

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Pexels: common questions

Is Pexels MCP server safe?
With care: it is graded C, so read the findings first (63/100). Read the Pexels safety report
Does Pexels need an API key?
Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
Is Pexels maintained?
The last commit was 70 days ago (2026-08-26). The latest release is v0.1.0.
What can I use instead of Pexels?
Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Brave Search MCP server, Airweave Search MCP server and Claude Code Explorer MCP server.

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