Florence2 MCP Server
An MCP server for processing images using Florence-2.
People who work with florence 2 and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-09-09 · ★ 7 · #161 OF 173 MAINTAINED MEDIA · VERIFIED 2026-09-18
MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Install Florence2
Claude Desktop
Settings → Extensions → Install, then select the https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-florence2/releases/download/v0.5.0/mcp-florence2.mcpb .mcpb bundle02 · Evidence
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
runs as Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb bundle)
license MIT - declared in the repository
registry namespace io.github.jkawamoto is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
03 · What Florence2 can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
What you can build
An agent gets 1 documented tool, including src.
The 1 tools it gives your agent
Extracted from the project's README - what mcp-florence2 lets an agent do.
- src
- - A file path or URL to the image file that needs to be processed.
Latest releases
v0.5.0 · 2026-09-09
Refactor code to enhance type safety and file path handling · Add prompt-based image processing functionality · bump httpx2 from 2.9.1 to 2.12.0
v0.4.0 · 2026-08-06
Improve model identifier functionality · Update FastMCP to MCPServer and bump mcp to v2 · bump cryptography from 49.0.0 to 50.0.0
v0.3.15 · 2026-07-18
bump pydantic-settings from 2.14.1 to 2.14.2 · bump mcp from 1.27.2 to 1.28.1
04 · Who maintains Florence2
mcp-florence2 is maintained by jkawamoto. We track 4 MCP servers from jkawamoto - 2 actively maintained, 565 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Feb 2025. Full record: all servers from jkawamoto.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-florence2
- category
- media - ranked #161 of 173 actively-maintained media servers as of 2026-09-18.
- release cadence
- 3 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-09)
- registry
- io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-florence2 (active, first published 2025-09-18 · 16 versions)
- packages
- mcpb:https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-florence2/releases/download/v0.5.0/mcp-florence2.mcpb
06 · Florence2 FAQ
What is Florence2?
An MCP server for processing images using Florence-2.
Is Florence2 still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-09 and it shipped 3 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.
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