Nido - VM Manager for AI Agents

Name: Nido - VM Manager for AI Agents
Author: Josepavese

作者：Josepavese版本 4.10.5i★ –i在你的电脑上运行

注册名称io.github.Josepavese/nido

安装

概览

作者提供的说明（英文原文）

Local QEMU VM manager with opt-in MCP event subscriptions for AI agents.

PopNx MCP 的三大支柱

这三项永远不会合并成一个分数：意见、测量和人气是不同的东西。

用户评价i暂无评价评价功能将在后续阶段与账户功能一起开放
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它能帮你做什么

我们还没有为它写通俗的介绍。下面是我们从注册中心读取到的事实。

连接方式: 在你的电脑上运行
传输方式: stdio
分类: 其他

安装

选择你使用的 AI 应用，然后复制设置。

安装之前

基础检查：1 项中通过 1 项
在你的电脑上运行，拥有你的用户账户的权限（文件、网络、应用）。
注册中心没有列出需要填写的密钥。

你需要

npm已安装 Node.js（用于 npx 命令）

你用的是哪个应用？

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

在上方选择你的应用。我们会记住它，下次按钮会显示“安装到 …”。

下载作者的 .mcpb 文件

链接指向作者自己的文件；我们不托管也不重新打包它。打开文件后，Claude Desktop 会进行安装。

在终端中运行这条命令

claude mcp add nido -- npx -y nido-mcp mcp

在 Cursor 中打开

或者自己复制设置

粘贴到项目中的 .cursor/mcp.json，或 ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nido": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "nido-mcp",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

浏览器会先询问是否打开应用，然后应用会显示设置并请你确认。密钥的值会留空，由你自己填写。

在 VS Code 中打开

或者自己复制设置

粘贴到项目中的 .vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "nido": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "nido-mcp",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

浏览器会先询问是否打开应用，然后应用会显示设置并请你确认。密钥的值会留空，由你自己填写。

这个服务器在你的电脑上运行，而 ChatGPT 只能连接互联网上的服务器。请选择其他应用。

你的选择通过 Cookie 保存在这台设备上，无需账户。

这些设置是根据作者在注册中心的条目生成的。如果 README 的写法不同，请以 README 为准。

它能做什么

它在你的电脑上运行；安装后，工具列表会显示在你的 AI 应用中。

基础检查i

我们检查的是任何人都能看到的信息；我们没有阅读代码。不适用的检查项不计入总数。 · 检查于 2026年11月8日

✓ 通过
作者与仓库一致
注册名称已通过 GitHub 账户 Josepavese 验证，该账户拥有此仓库
… 尚未检查
仍在维护
我们还没有从 GitHub 读取这个仓库
… 尚未检查
有许可证
我们还没有从 GitHub 读取这个仓库
– 不适用
端点有响应
它在你的电脑上运行，没有互联网端点
– 不适用
使用 OAuth 登录
在你的电脑上运行，改用本地设置
… 尚未检查
工具描述中没有隐藏指令
它在你的电脑上运行；我们只能读取互联网端点的工具列表

与“其他”中的其他服务器比较i

星标数多于此分类中其他 18372 个服务器的 0%
发布到注册中心的时间比此分类中其他 18372 个服务器的 79% 更新
基础检查结果等于或优于此分类中其他 18372 个服务器的 100%

与注册中心里这个分类中所有活跃的服务器比较。只有当发布者拥有该仓库时，星标数才计入。

常见问题

Nido - VM Manager for AI Agents 安全吗？

它在 1 项适用的基础检查中通过了 1 项。我们没有阅读代码。在添加密钥或令牌之前，请先看看这个服务器要求哪些权限，并使用只具备所需权限的密钥。

它需要哪些密钥或代码？

注册中心没有列出必需的密钥，不过有些服务器会在首次使用时要求你登录。

它在我的电脑上运行还是在云端？

它在你的电脑上运行。你的 AI 应用会在需要时启动它，数据不会经过作者的服务器（除非它自己调用在线服务）。

它还在维护吗？

GitHub 仓库最后更新于–，最新版本（4.10.5）于11天前进入注册中心。

哪些应用可以使用它？

支持 MCP 的应用，例如 Claude Desktop、Claude Code、Cursor 和 VS Code。你的电脑上还需要有 MCPB, Node.js。

有什么可以替代它？

同一分类中有：Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, A1RO — Irish employment tools

替代选择

同一分类中其他作者的服务器，按星标数排序。

如何看卡片：★ GitHub 星标i三大支柱：评价 · 检查 · 使用情况i更新 = 最新版本发布到注册中心的时间i

Spec Driven Development

作者：formulahendry

MCP Server that facilitates spec-driven development workflows, not just Vibe Coding.

在你的电脑上运行★ 440MIT14个月前更新

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Remote Desktop Commander

作者：desktop-commander

Remote Desktop Commander: use files, terminal and processes on your own computers from any AI app.

在云端运行★ 211前天更新

安装

A1RO — Irish employment tools

作者：A11RO

Irish temp worker cost, public holiday pay and holidays, and SafeHandle certificate checks.

在云端运行今天更新

安装

作者的 README

打开 README

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Nido

Real virtual machines for AI agents. One local engine, three ways to drive it: CLI, TUI and MCP.

Give an agent a machine it can provision, use and delete. Nido runs QEMU locally, clones cached images with copy-on-write disks, and exposes the same VM lifecycle to your terminal and your MCP client. Each VM has its own guest kernel.

Hatch your agents. Let them fly. Retro shell, practical machinery.

Get started · Connect an agent · Documentation · Wiki

Why Nido?

You want to...	Nido gives you...
Test code away from your host	Disposable QEMU VMs with SSH access and cloud-init provisioning
Let an agent manage its own environment	A built-in stdio MCP server with compact tools, read-only resources and opt-in event subscriptions
Reuse an expensive setup	Templates and QCOW2 linked clones, with one shared base and a writable disk per VM
Switch between automation and hands-on work	Structured CLI JSON, shell completion and an interactive terminal dashboard
Keep multiple dashboards and agents in sync	Shared local events, live TUI updates and selective MCP notifications
Choose the right starting point	An automatically refreshed cloud-image catalog, local templates and buildable blueprints

AMD64 and ARM64 host/guest selection, requirements and data-preserving upgrades: Architecture guide. Omitted architecture selects native; use --arch on CLI, arch on MCP, or the TUI Arch selector for an explicit guest ISA.

Press start

QEMU is required to run VMs. Nido supports Linux, macOS and Windows hosts; hardware acceleration depends on what the host actually exposes. Start with nido doctor. See installation and host requirements.

Install

Linux / macOS

curl -fsSL https://github.com/Josepavese/nido/releases/latest/download/install.sh | bash

Windows PowerShell

irm https://github.com/Josepavese/nido/releases/latest/download/install.ps1 | iex

Open a new terminal, then check nido version and nido doctor. The quick installers check prerequisites and offer QEMU setup where supported.

Prefer a package manager? npm works on Linux, macOS and Windows:

npm install -g nido-mcp                # Linux / macOS / Windows launcher

brew install Josepavese/nido/nido # macOS / Linux go install github.com/Josepavese/nido/v4/cmd/nido@latest

scoop bucket add nido https://github.com/Josepavese/scoop-nido

scoop install nido

Container (Docker/Podman, bundles QEMU; needs a KVM-capable host):

docker run -i --rm --device /dev/kvm \

--group-add "$(stat -c %g /dev/kvm)" \ -v nido-home:/home/nido/.nido \ ghcr.io/josepavese/nido mcp

Images are rebuilt on every release at ghcr.io/josepavese/nido (:{version}, :{minor}, :latest) and speak MCP on stdio; pass --group-add so the non-root user can open /dev/kvm.

Debian / Ubuntu (APT) and Fedora / RHEL (DNF) repositories are rebuilt on every release and served from GitHub Pages:

# Debian / Ubuntu

sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings sudo curl -fsSL https://josepavese.github.io/nido/nido-archive-keyring.asc -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nido.asc echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nido.asc] https://josepavese.github.io/nido/apt/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nido.list sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nido

Fedora / RHEL

sudo curl -fsSL https://josepavese.github.io/nido/rpm/nido.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/nido.repo sudo dnf install nido

Install QEMU first (qemu-system-x86 qemu-utils / qemu-kvm qemu-img), then run nido doctor. Both repositories are GPG-signed by the Nido package archive key (DBB87CB63A94ABA50B33C7B919C6A95C9D280B64); see the installers guide.

Nix: nix run github:Josepavese/nido builds the current source and brings its own QEMU; see the installers guide.

WinGet: Josepavese.Nido is awaiting Microsoft review. See availability and commands.

For MCP clients, use npx -y nido-mcp mcp, discover io.github.Josepavese/nido in the Official MCP Registry, browse the Glama directory for local installation instructions, or import the MCPB bundle. MCP catalogs and client installation.

All install options · Distribution channel status

Hatch your first VM

nido images update

nido images info ubuntu:lts nido images pull ubuntu:lts nido spawn agent-lab --image ubuntu:lts --memory 2048 --cpus 2 nido info agent-lab --json

Once the guest has finished booting and SSH is ready:

nido ssh agent-lab

The first pull downloads the base image. Later VMs can reuse it. ubuntu:lts follows the catalog's supported LTS selection; use a numbered tag from nido images list when you need a specific OS release. Guest boot and cloud-init take additional time; creating the overlay is only one part of startup.

When you have saved the work you need, shut down inside the guest and remove only your disposable VM:

nido ssh agent-lab sudo poweroff

After shutdown, confirm its state:

nido info agent-lab nido delete agent-lab

nido stop terminates the managed QEMU process and waits for exit. Use guest poweroff for a clean OS shutdown. VM data persists until you delete it.

Provisioning, ports, templates and cleanup

Watch core changes in another terminal with nido events or nido events --json. TUI sessions update from the shared stream; agents explicitly subscribe only to the resources they need. See event delivery and mute controls.

A little room to roost

Run nido gui for a keyboard and mouse dashboard. The shared TUI kit adapts from a split Fleet view to compact lists and scrollable dialogs, keeping your work in place as you resize. Below its usable size, the interface rests until you give it more room.

Even at 40x10, confirmation and cancellation stay within reach:

These are native terminal captures with private demonstration metadata. No VM was started for the screenshots. Themes · Reusable TUI kit

Connect your agent

Nido's MCP server runs locally over stdio. No separate service is required. Use an installed binary:

"mcpServers": { "nido": { "command": "nido", "args": ["mcp"] } } }

Use the absolute executable path if your client does not inherit your terminal's PATH. nido register prints a registration block; your client owns where it is saved. Clients that launch npm packages can instead use command: "npx" with args: ["-y", "nido-mcp", "mcp"].

Tool	Responsibility
`nido_vm`	Create, inspect, configure, connect and remove VMs; manage forwarded ports
`nido_image`	Browse and refresh the catalog; pull and manage cached images
`nido_template`	Save and manage reusable disk templates
`nido_blueprint`	Inspect and build image recipes
`nido_system`	Diagnostics, configuration, accelerators and installation operations

Read-only resources include nido://fleet/vms, nido://catalog/images and nido://system/config. Use nido mcp-help for the machine-readable tool/action guide, or nido mcp --help in your terminal.

An example task for your agent:

Create a disposable Ubuntu LTS VM named test-lab, provision the dependencies,

run my tests and save their output. Delete only that VM when finished. Preserve

other VMs and shared images.

MCP grants access to local VM and installation operations, including destructive ones. Connect clients you trust. MCP guide · Optional VM-testing skill

One base. Separate machines.

With linked clones enabled, the cached base stays shared while each VM records its own disk changes. Space usage grows with those writes, logs and templates; it is not constant as you add VMs. Nido checks backing-image dependencies before cache removal. Keep bases in place while dependent VM disks exist.

VMs provide a separate guest kernel, but host mounts, forwarded ports and PCI passthrough deliberately cross that boundary. Nido is not a complete security policy for arbitrary untrusted workloads. See operations and isolation.

Pick your starting point

Cloud image: pull from the catalog and provision through cloud-init. Ubuntu, Debian, Alpine, Kali, CirrOS and openSUSE discovery follows the policies in registry/sources.yaml. Catalog and integrity
Template: save a prepared VM disk and reuse it for repeated tasks. Template workflow
Blueprint: build an image from a recipe and installer media, including Windows evaluation editions. Windows guide

The scheduled catalog job discovers new supported upstream releases. Refresh your local copy with nido images update; it does not update an existing guest OS.

Prefer hands-on control? Run `nido gui` for the Fleet, Hatchery, Registry and System views. Use `--gui` on spawn/start when you want the VM's display; that flag and the terminal dashboard are separate features.

Go further

Task	Guide
Provision a guest, forward ports, adjust resources, share files	Everyday workflows
Write scripts against Nido	CLI JSON contract
Install, upgrade or choose a package channel	Installers · Distribution
Change the terminal palette	Themes
Understand runtime and hardware boundaries	Architecture
Contribute or validate a change	Contributing · Testing

Documentation index · Changelog · Issues · MIT license