Blogging Desktop Server (bDS)

What it does

Blogging Desktop Server (bDS) is a full desktop blogging environment built on Electron, React, and SQLite. It keeps your content on the filesystem as source of truth while providing a rich editing experience, AI-powered workflows, and full Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration — letting any coding agent read and write your blog directly.

The MCP server exposes 10 tools, 13 resources, and 3 prompts. It runs embedded in the app over Streamable HTTP or as a standalone CLI process via stdio, and auto-configures itself into Claude Code, Claude Desktop, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and OpenAI Codex on first launch.

Key features

• Offline-first editing — Milkdown WYSIWYG editor, Monaco code editor for scripts/templates, full local preview with Liquid templating
• Static site generation — paginated archives, tag/category/date routes, sitemap.xml, rss.xml, atom.xml, incremental hash-based writes, SSH publish via scp/rsync
• Multi-language publishing — configurable blog languages with /{lang}/ prefixed subtrees, hreflang in sitemap, AI-powered post translation
• Python scripting runtime — Pyodide (WebAssembly) runs transform, macro, and utility scripts; built-in youtube, vimeo, gallery, photo_archive, and tag_cloud macros
• AI assistant — streaming chat with tool use (search/read/update posts, image vision, stats, translation); A2UI protocol renders charts, tables, cards, and forms inline
• MCP integration — 10 tools, 13 resources, 3 prompts; auto-configures into Claude Code, Claude Desktop, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and Codex

Installation

Build from source:

git clone https://github.com/rfc1437/bDS.git
cd bDS
npm install
npm run dev

Package a distributable:

npm run dist        # all platforms
npm run dist:mac    # macOS DMG + ZIP
npm run dist:win    # Windows NSIS
npm run dist:linux  # AppImage / deb / rpm

MCP server — Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json):

bDS auto-configures this on first launch. Manual entry:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bds": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/bds/dist/cli/bds-mcp.cjs"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Copilot (settings.json):

{
  "github.copilot.chat.mcp.servers": {
    "bds": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/bds/dist/cli/bds-mcp.cjs"]
    }
  }
}

Supported hosts

Confirmed in README: Claude Desktop (Claude Code), VS Code Copilot (GitHub Copilot), Gemini CLI, OpenAI Codex.