# FunASR (MCP server)

> FunASR is an MCP server that gives AI assistants local audio transcription with SenseVoiceSmall by default. The Dockerfile starts the MCP server over stdio and is suitable for MCP directory checks that initialize the server and call tools/list. It has 20,596 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/modelscope/funasr-mcp:0.1.2.

Model Context Protocol server that gives AI assistants local audio transcription with SenseVoiceSmall by default. The Dockerfile starts the MCP server over stdio and is suitable for MCP directory checks that initialize the server and call tools/list.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/modelscope/FunASR |
| GitHub stars | 20,596 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | docker: ghcr.io/modelscope/funasr-mcp:0.1.2 |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | AI & search |
| Latest release | v1.4.16 (Sep 18, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 2, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.modelscope/funasr-mcp |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "funasr": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/modelscope/funasr-mcp:0.1.2"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio funasr -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/modelscope/funasr-mcp:0.1.2
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "funasr": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/modelscope/funasr-mcp:0.1.2"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "funasr": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/modelscope/funasr-mcp:0.1.2"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

## Tools

- `transcribe_audio`: Transcribe a speech audio file to text.
- `audio_path`: string
- `language`: string

## Similar MCP servers

- [Context7](https://appsgit.com/mcp-servers/context7): Up-to-date code docs for any prompt. (62,752 stars, MIT, needs API key)
- [Bifrost](https://appsgit.com/mcp-servers/bifrost): Fastest enterprise AI gateway (50x faster than LiteLLM) with adaptive load balancer, cluster mode, guardrails, 1000+ models support & <100 µs overhead at 5k RPS. (8,591 stars, Apache-2.0)
- [Honcho](https://appsgit.com/mcp-servers/honcho): Memory that reasons: continual learning for stateful agents. (7,494 stars, AGPL-3.0, needs API key)
- [Semble](https://appsgit.com/mcp-servers/semble): Fast and Accurate Code Search for Agents. (6,185 stars, MIT)
- [Exa](https://appsgit.com/mcp-servers/exa): Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research. (5,088 stars, MIT, official)
- [Hyperresearch](https://appsgit.com/mcp-servers/hyperresearch): Convert Claude Code or Codex into the most intelligent Deep Research Agent. (3,794 stars, MIT)

---

Canonical page: https://appsgit.com/mcp-servers/funasr
Source: appsgit (https://appsgit.com), the app store for github. Data from the GitHub API, refreshed nightly.
Machine access: JSON API https://appsgit.com/api/v1/apps (OpenAPI: https://appsgit.com/openapi.json), MCP server https://mcp.appsgit.com/mcp, full index https://appsgit.com/llms-full.txt.