GetMCP 1.4.0 — Run It Anywhere, and Let AI Do the Building

GetMCP 1.4.0 is the biggest release since 1.0, and it changes two fundamental things at once: where GetMCP runs, and who does the building. From today, GetMCP runs anywhere — and you can hand the building work to your AI client.

The standalone app: any host with PHP

GetMCP began as a WordPress plugin, and the plugin isn’t going anywhere. But your MCP server builder shouldn’t dictate your stack — so 1.4.0 ships the same product as a standalone application. One command installs it on macOS, Linux or Windows:

curl -fsSL https://get.getmcp.com | bash

It downloads the latest release, verifies the checksum, puts everything in place, and hands you a link to a three-step setup wizard: a server check, a database (SQLite by default — zero configuration), and your admin account. Same admin, same tools, same endpoints, because it is the same codebase. Read the full story in Meet the GetMCP Standalone App.

Manage with AI: GetMCP is an MCP server itself

The feature we’re most excited about: GetMCP now exposes itself over MCP. Connect Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Windsurf or VS Code to your install, and build or edit your servers and tools just by asking — paste a cURL command into a chat and watch a working tool appear in your dashboard. You sign in once in the browser; there is no key to copy and no config file to keep secret. We wrote up how it works, and where the guardrails are, in Build MCP Servers by Asking.

The standalone app updates itself

When a new version ships, every install sees a notice on every screen. One click downloads the release, verifies its checksum, replaces the application files and runs migrations — your configuration and database untouched. Prefer the terminal? The install one-liner doubles as an updater with --update.

Also new in 1.4.0

• Richer chat replies. Tables, code, JSON, CSV and Markdown render as documents you can preview, copy and download — not one block of text.
• Move a whole server between installs. One file carries its tools, prompts, resources, variables and settings — including between the WordPress plugin and the standalone app.
• Safety hints on every tool, so a connected AI can tell a lookup from a deletion before it runs anything.
• Every connected AI client, listed. Who authorized it, when, and until when — with per-client revoke next to revoke-all.
• Smarter imported tools. Arguments can declare where they travel — path, query, body or header — so APIs that break the usual conventions work too, and region-specific APIs get connection variables filled in for you.
• Quality of life. OpenRouter joins the chat providers, the model picker sits on the composer, the playground works on mobile, and the consent screen follows your device’s light or dark appearance.

How to get it

WordPress installs with an active license update from the dashboard as usual. For the standalone app, run the one-liner above on any server, or grab the zip from the Standalone version section of your account. The complete list of changes — including a long tail of fixes — is in the changelog.