Pixabay MCP Server

An unofficial Model Context Protocol server for the Pixabay API that enables AI assistants to search and fetch royalty-free images and videos. It provides four tools covering Pixabay's documented endpoints for images and videos, with license-aware usage guidance, cached requests, and token-efficient output shapes.

Package and access

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by hanoak

You need:You use it under your own Pixabay account and are responsible for complying with Pixabay's Terms of Service and Content License

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What you can do with it

Search for royalty-free images using keywords
Fetch specific image details by ID
Search for royalty-free videos
Fetch specific video details by ID

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0

mcp-registry: io.github.hanoak/pixabay-mcp-server@1.0.0 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

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@hanoak/pixabay-mcp-server 1.0.0

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@hanoak/pixabay-mcp-server package definition

{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@hanoak/pixabay-mcp-server",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "PIXABAY_API_KEY",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Your Pixabay API key (sent as the `key` query parameter — Pixabay has no header option)."
    },
    {
      "name": "LOG_LEVEL",
      "choices": [
        "debug",
        "info",
        "warn",
        "error"
      ],
      "default": "info",
      "description": "Log verbosity; all logs go to stderr."
    }
  ]
}

Tools

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pixabay-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/pixabay-mcp-server@1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIXABAY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIXABAY_API_KEY>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pixabay-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/pixabay-mcp-server@1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIXABAY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIXABAY_API_KEY>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "pixabay-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/pixabay-mcp-server@1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIXABAY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIXABAY_API_KEY>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pixabay-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/pixabay-mcp-server@1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIXABAY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIXABAY_API_KEY>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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