Journald MCP Server

Name: Journald MCP Server
Author: james116blue

by james116blueversion 0.1.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.james116blue/journald-mcp-server

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Description from the maker (original English)

Incident forensic with log files analyzing

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Docs, sheets & office work

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Before you install

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You need

PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

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Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "journald": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "journald-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add journald -- uvx journald-mcp-server

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "journald": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "journald-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "journald": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "journald-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Is Journald MCP Server safe?

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Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.1.0) reached the registry 11 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

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Journald MCP Server

An MCP server for accessing systemd journal logs.

Features

List systemd units from journal logs
List syslog identifiers from journal logs
Get datetime of first journal entry
Filter journal entries by datetime range (since/until)
Filter by systemd unit or syslog identifier
Filter by message content (case-insensitive substring matching)
Natural language datetime parsing (e.g., "2 hours ago", "yesterday at 3pm")
List units and identifiers within specific time ranges

Installation

# Install dependencies

uv sync

Usage

Run as non-root: Give the user systemd-journal group access usermod -aG systemd-journal $USER

Run the server with:

uv run server.py [OPTIONS]

CLI Options

--transport: Transport protocol to use (stdio, sse, or streamable-http). Default: stdio
--port: Port to listen on for HTTP transport (ignored for stdio transport). Default: 3002
--log-level: Logging level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL). Default: INFO

Examples

Run with stdio transport (default, for MCP clients that communicate via stdin/stdout):

   python server.py

Run with HTTP transport on custom port:

   python server.py --transport streamable-http --port 8080

Run with SSE transport:

   python server.py --transport sse --port 3000

Run with debug logging:

   python server.py --log-level DEBUG

MCP Integration

The server provides the following MCP resources and tools:

Resources

journal://units: List unique systemd units from journal logs (all accessible time)
journal://syslog-identifiers: List unique syslog identifiers from journal logs (all accessible time)
journal://first-entry-datetime: Get the datetime of the first entry in the journal
journal://units/{since}/{until}: List unique systemd units within a specified time range
journal://syslog-identifiers/{since}/{until}: List unique syslog identifiers within a specified time range

Tools

get_journal_entries: Get journal entries with datetime filtering
Parameters: since (optional), until (optional), unit (optional), identifier (optional), message_contains (optional), limit (default: 100)
Returns: List of entries with timestamp, unit, identifier, and message
Example: Get logs from last 2 hours containing "error": since="2 hours ago", message_contains="error"

get_recent_logs: Get recent journal logs from the last N minutes
Parameters: minutes (default: 60), unit (optional), limit (default: 50)
Returns: Formatted string of recent log messages

Datetime Input Format

The server uses natural language datetime parsing via the dateparser library. Supported formats include:

Relative times: "2 hours ago", "yesterday at 3pm", "last week", "now"
Absolute times: "2024-01-15 14:30", "2024-01-15T14:30:00"
Mixed: "today at 9am", "tomorrow 3pm"

All times are interpreted as UTC and returned in human-readable format: "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC"

Development

This project uses:

Python 3.12+
MCP FastMCP
systemd-python for journal access
Click for CLI interface
dateparser for natural language datetime parsing

Project Structure

journald-mcp-server/

├── journald_mcp_server/ # Main package │ ├── init.py │ ├── server.py # MCP server implementation │ └── datetime_utils.py # Datetime parsing and formatting utilities ├── tests/ # Test suite │ ├── init.py │ └── test_server.py ├── server.py # Entry point wrapper ├── pyproject.toml └── README.md

Running Tests

python -m pytest tests/

Journald MCP Server

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

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 Docs, sheets & office worki

Common questions

Alternatives

Agent-Native Calendar

Excel MCP Server

MCP Server for Excel

README from the maker

Journald MCP Server

Features

Installation

Usage

CLI Options

Examples

MCP Integration

Resources

Tools

Datetime Input Format

Development

Project Structure

Running Tests