MCP Flow Detection
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Complete MCP traffic analysis tool with desktop app for Mac, Windows. GitHub: https://github.com/mcp-shark/mcp-shark Visit the website for desktop apps: Web: https://www.mcpshark.sh/
HN · launched Nov 20, 2025 · 11 upvotes (top 46%) · 0 views
Niche: model context protocol tools · 465 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -24% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Observability & eval
- Developer
- AI feature
- Hobby / open-source project
More like this: all 465 launches in model context protocol tools →
Could you build this?
Yes A desktop GUI (Electron/Tauri) that intercepts or proxies MCP (Model Context Protocol) JSON-RPC traffic and inspects payloads is standard protocol tooling easily built with AI assistance.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 155 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #74 of 156 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 16 days after the earliest competitor.
- MCP Traffic Analysis Tool · hn · 2025-11-17 · 38 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- MCPShark Viewer (VS Code/Cursor extension)- view MCP traffic in-editor · hn · 2025-12-17 · 28 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- MCPShark · hn · 2025-12-10 · 37 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- MCP Local Traffic Analysis · hn · 2025-11-18 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- MCP Traffic Analyze with NPM · hn · 2025-12-01 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Tool for Testing MCP Servers · hn · 2026-01-07 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- FlowSense · ph · 2026-10-29 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- NetworkMonitor · ph · 2026-10-21 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.42
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