Boat House

Name: Boat House
Author: allenzhangyiteng

by allenzhangyitengversion 1.0.0i★ –iRuns in the cloud

Registry namecom.boathousecloud/boathouse

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Deploy and share small apps with team login, persistent data, versioned updates and domains.

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Our basic checksi1 of 1 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiNot measured yet★ –

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs in the cloud
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Category: Developer tools
You need to fill in: Authorization

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
You fill in yourself: Authorization

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

This address needs a key in a request header, which the add-connector menu cannot set. Use Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code instead.

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http boathouse https://mcp.boathousecloud.com/mcp --header 'Authorization: your-value'

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "boathouse": {
      "url": "https://mcp.boathousecloud.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "boathouse": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.boathousecloud.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This address needs a key in a request header, which the add-connector menu cannot set. Use Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code instead.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

Authorization secret required HTTP header
Bearer followed by your Boat House account key. Use the account page advanced MCP settings; never publish this value.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

We have not read this server’s tool list yet; we check endpoints in rotation.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified against the domain boathousecloud.com (the registry checks domain ownership)
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
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Endpoint responds
Not checked yet; we check endpoints in rotation
… Not checked yet
Sign-in with OAuth
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… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Not checked yet; we read the tool list when we check the endpoint

Compared with others in Developer toolsi

More stars than 0% of the other 1394 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 54% of the other 1394 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 1394 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Boat House safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: Authorization

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.0.0) reached the registry 2 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: GitHub, Desktop Commander, Cloudflare MCP

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README from the maker

Open the README

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Boat House

Open-source infrastructure for small software built with AI agents.

Boat House gives a tool a live HTTPS address, sign-in, a database, persistent files, and sharing by email. Editors use the app in a browser. Developers with Admin access can use their own agents to fetch its source and publish versioned updates to the same address.

The software is licensed under Apache 2.0. You can run it on your own infrastructure or use Boat House managed hosting.

	Self-host	Managed hosting
Software	Free under Apache 2.0	Same open-source foundation
Infrastructure and operations	You provide and maintain them	Boat House operates them
Price	Your server, domain and provider costs	$10 per organization per month for up to five lightweight tools; domain purchases are separate
Getting started	Self-hosting guide	Sign up, confirm email, copy the connection into your agent

What is included

A FastAPI control plane and Caddy HTTPS gateway.
Account sign-in, email invitations, per-tool Viewer / Editor / Admin access, and signed identity passed to apps.
Per-tool PostgreSQL databases, persistent file volumes, container resource limits, and saved source releases.
Deployment, source checkout, updates, rollback, export, and backup/restore commands.
The bh CLI, an MCP endpoint, and an agent skill for Claude Code, Codex and other compatible agents.
Optional email, domain registration, and prepaid billing integrations. Self-hosters configure their own providers; metering can be disabled.

Admin is full control of a tool, including its source, secrets, sharing and deletion. Software collaboration uses source checkout and versioned publication. App code enforces its own record-level access rules.

Start with managed hosting

Create an account at boathousecloud.com, confirm your email, then choose Copy connection and paste the message into your coding agent. Ask it to put a tool online or share it by email. Add credit before deploying. No separate hosting, database or sign-in project is needed.

Install the agent skill in Cursor, Codex or Windsurf:

npx skills add allenzhangyiteng/boathouse-skills

For Claude Code, add /plugin marketplace add allenzhangyiteng/boathouse-skills, then /plugin install boathouse@boathouse. See the skill and plugin repository and installation guide.

The CLI can create a working app before you connect an account:

bh init my-app --template team

cd my-app python3 app.py --local

Use --template static for an HTML website. boathouse is an alias installed alongside bh when available. The starter format is ordinary source plus boathouse.json; no proprietary runtime is needed. See the runnable guides, llms.txt and complete agent docs.

Run your own installation

See the self-hosting guide for a Linux host with Docker, DNS and HTTPS. The public release contains no accounts, credentials, database snapshots, hosted customer tools or production configuration. All examples use placeholders; generate your own secrets.

This is infrastructure for trusted teams and trusted app builders. The control plane manages the host Docker daemon. Resource limits and container networks do not make it a secure sandbox for hostile code. Read the security model before exposing an installation.

Development

Python 3.12 is used by the container image. In a virtual environment:

python -m pip install -r control/requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt

python -m pytest -q python scripts/check_public_tree.py

Tests create temporary local state and use fake providers. Do not point tests at production credentials or state. CI runs the tests, publication hygiene checks, and Gitleaks.

Repository layout

Path	Purpose
`control/app/`	API, account UI, gateway authorization, deployment and providers
`control/site/`	Public-site source and static assets
`cli/bh`	Standard-library Python CLI
`skill/boathouse/`	Agent instructions
`caddy/`, `docker-compose.yml`	Gateway and services
`deploy/`	Host installation, synchronization and backup scripts
`examples/hello/`	Minimal app that checks signed identity
`tests/`	Regression tests with synthetic data

Contributions are welcome; see CONTRIBUTING.md. Report vulnerabilities using SECURITY.md.

Boat House

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Developer toolsi

Common questions

Alternatives

GitHub

Desktop Commander

Cloudflare MCP

README from the maker

Boat House

What is included

Start with managed hosting

Run your own installation

Development

Repository layout