xbbg MCP

Links: Documentation · Quickstart · Configuration · Examples notebook · Contributing · Changelog

People who work with financial data, apache arrow and blpapi and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Rust.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-16 · ★ 715 · #70 OF 318 MAINTAINED FINANCE · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

Apache-2.0 · Rust servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install xbbg MCP

Claude Desktop

Settings → Extensions → Install, then select the https://github.com/underloam/xbbg/releases/download/v1.4.12/xbbg-mcp-v1.4.12.mcpb .mcpb bundle

02 · 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 Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.underloam is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What xbbg MCP can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v1.4.12 · 2026-09-11

Added · Explicit resource limits and ownership controls. Engines expose runtime_worker_threads / runtimeWorkerThreads (default 2) and max_subscription_sessions / maxSubscriptionSessions (default 32). Native Arrow…

v1.4.11 · 2026-09-02

Fixed · xbbg-mcp no longer mistakes a failed stdin worker or abnormal service stop for clean EOF. Stderr diagnostics are now best-effort instead of using eprintln!, whose panic on a closed host log pipe could kill the…

v1.4.10 · 2026-09-01

Fixed · The 1.4.9 Windows MCPB launcher refused every Bloomberg runtime older than 3.26.7.1, including current Python blpapi packages. The runtime gate introduced in 1.4.9 was seeded with the SDK version the release…

04 · Who maintains xbbg MCP

xbbg MCP is maintained by underloam. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Nov 2018.

05 · Facts

category
finance - ranked #70 of 318 actively-maintained finance servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence
10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-11)
registry
io.github.underloam/xbbg-mcp (active, first published 2026-09-16)
packages
mcpb:https://github.com/underloam/xbbg/releases/download/v1.4.12/xbbg-mcp-v1.4.12.mcpb

06 · xbbg MCP FAQ

What is xbbg MCP?

Links: Documentation · Quickstart · Configuration · Examples notebook · Contributing · Changelog

Is xbbg MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-16 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

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