Textfiles Mcp

io.github.mrfentmenPublished by GitHub account mrfentmenv1.0.0Updated Oct 30, 2026

Use this MCP server to textfiles.com, the BBS era archive of zines, phreaking docs, and early...

VerifiedSTDIODesktop onlyWeb Search & ScrapingKnowledge & Memory

Overview

AI-generated overview

Browses the textfiles.com archive of BBS-era text files, letting an assistant list topic sections, list files, and read documents.

What you can do
  • List topic sections of the archive, such as hacking, phreak, magazines and music
  • List files and subdirectories inside a chosen section
  • Read individual text files, decoded as latin-1
When to use it
Useful when you want an assistant to explore or quote from the textfiles.com collection of 1980s/90s zines, phreaking documents and early net history without browsing the site by hand.
Requirements
Runs as a local process over stdio, installed from the npm package textfiles-mcp; Node.js is needed to build and run it. Network access to textfiles.com is required, since the site is parsed directly. No API key or account is declared.
Before you install
The archive contains historical hacking and phreaking material; treat it as historical reference. Content is fetched from a third-party site, and files are decoded as latin-1, so some characters may not render as expected.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Textfiles Mcp in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Other MCP clients

Follow the launch instructions in the repository.

README

textfiles mcp

MCP server for textfiles.com, the definitive archive of BBS era text files: 1980s/90s zines, phreaking docs, hacker culture, and early net history.

Tools

ToolWhat it does
list_topicsTopic sections (adventure, anarchy, hacking, phreak, magazines, music…)
list_filesFiles + subdirectories inside a section
read_fileRead a text file (latin-1 decoded, it predates UTF-8)

Usage

bash
npm run build && node dist/index.js

Example:

list_topics {}list_files { dir: "hacking" }read_file { path: "hacking/22.txt" }

No API, the site is a static tree with its own HTML tables, parsed directly. Read the same DDN bulletins, phreak docs, and underground zines that shaped the early internet.

Source: README.md at commit f094817

Tools

0
SourceWeft has not started this package in its sandbox yet, so its tools are not known.

Version history

1
  1. v1.0.0LatestSep 22, 2026

Score

40% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 days25 pts

    Keep the endpoint answering the MCP handshake; SourceWeft probes it every 30 days.

  • Auth declared10 pts

    Declare the credential headers in the registry entry, or keep the endpoint answering the probe so its auth can be classified.

  • Tools listed15 pts

    Answer tools/list without a credential, or ship a package that starts in a sandbox without one.

  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts
  • License10 pts

    Declare a license in the repository or the registry entry.