Text from image: MCP server, setup and security

What Text from image does

According to its repository: “Check from a screenshot that text is really visible to users. Local, offline OCR.”

An MCP server gives an AI agent extra tools it calls during the conversation: the agent reads their description, decides to use them and gets the result back. Text from image is listed under Image, video and audio, a category of 67 servers in the directory, where it ranks #29 by stars.

Installing and connecting Text from image

Distribution modes declared in the official MCP registry:

• npm package (Node.js, usually started with npx)

Like any MCP server, you declare it in your client's configuration (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Codex…): a name, the command that starts it or its URL, and any environment variables. The client then starts it and lists its tools. Project language: TypeScript.

Security: what to check

An MCP server runs code with the rights you give it, and the model reads its tool descriptions: a malicious or compromised server can hijack the agent. Read the code, or pick a maintained and widely used server, before connecting it.

Points found for Text from image:

• No licence: without a licence the code is not legally reusable, even if it is public. Avoid it in a company setting without the author's agreement.

Good practice: grant only the rights needed (least privilege), require human approval for irreversible actions, and run the AI agent security check.

Project activity and maintenance

Created on November 5, 2025, the ParthibanRajasekaran/text-from-image repository has 94 stars and 65 forks, with 5 open issues. It has more stars than 66% of the servers in the directory. It received changes this month. Version published in the registry: 0.6.0 (October 11, 2026).

Stars measure attention, not quality: a recent, heavily promoted project can collect them fast, while a useful but niche server will have few.