Homebrew Tap for Forbin

This is the official Homebrew tap for Forbin, an interactive CLI tool for testing remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers.

Installation

brew tap chris-colinsky/forbin
brew install forbin

Usage

After installation, configure your environment:

# Create config directory
mkdir -p ~/.config/forbin

# Create .env file with your MCP server details
cat > ~/.config/forbin/.env << EOF
MCP_SERVER_URL=https://your-server.fly.dev/mcp
MCP_TOKEN=your-secret-token
MCP_HEALTH_URL=https://your-server.fly.dev/health
EOF

Run Forbin:

# Interactive mode
forbin

# Test connectivity only
forbin --test

# Help
forbin --help

Updating

brew update
brew upgrade forbin

Uninstalling

brew uninstall forbin
brew untap chris-colinsky/forbin

What is Forbin?

Forbin is an interactive CLI tool for testing remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers. Named after Dr. Charles Forbin from "Colossus: The Forbin Project" (1970), it's designed for developers building agentic workflows and testing FastAPI/FastMCP-based remote tools.

Features

• Interactive tool browser with parameter input
• Automatic server wake-up for suspended services (Fly.io, etc.)
• Cold-start resilient connection logic
• Type-safe parameter parsing
• Connectivity testing mode

For more information, visit the main repository.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.