Wayback Machine
Wayback Machine is an MCP server published by Mearman, verified on MCP revision 2025-11-25; support for the current revision (2026-07-28) is not yet confirmed. Last verified 2026-08-20.
Does Wayback Machine support the current MCP specification (2026-07-28)?
Not yet confirmed. Wayback Machine is verified on revision 2025-11-25; we have not confirmed support for the current revision (2026-07-28) as of 2026-08-20.
Is Wayback Machine a first-party (official) MCP server?
Undetermined. We have not verified the publisher relationship for Wayback Machine (as of 2026-08-20).
How do I connect to Wayback Machine?
Wayback Machine is available via the package npm:mcp-wayback-machine, the official MCP Registry under io.github.Mearman/mcp-wayback-machine, the source repository at https://github.com/mearman/mcp-wayback-machine. Authentication: unknown. Transports: stdio.
Does Wayback Machine support MCP revision 2025-11-25?
Yes. Wayback Machine supports MCP revision 2025-11-25 (checked 2026-08-20).
Does Wayback Machine support MCP revision 2026-07-28?
No. Wayback Machine was checked against MCP revision 2026-07-28 and does not support it (checked 2026-08-20).
When were Wayback Machine's facts last verified?
2026-08-20. Each fact on this page links to the sources used to verify it.
MCP server and CLI tool for interacting with the Wayback Machine without API keys
Which MCP spec revisions does Wayback Machine support?
Wayback Machine has 2 verified spec-support records. Each row lists the revision, the verified status, the evidence URL, and the date that fact was last checked.
| Spec revision | Status | Last checked | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCP 2025-11-25 | Supported | Source | |
| MCP 2026-07-28 | Not supported | Source |
How widely adopted is Wayback Machine?
Ranked #284 in The MCP 500 with Adoption Index 48.98 (snapshot , methodology v1).
| Measurement | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | yes | API · |
| Docker MCP Catalog | no | API · |
| npm downloads (weekly) | 694 | API · |
| GitHub stars | 53 | API · |
| GitHub forks | 9 | API · |
| Last push | 2026-08-10T03:55:00Z | API · |
| Repository archived | no | API · |
Repository and package signals for Wayback Machine
Measured directly from the source registries, not asserted from a document. Each figure carries the date it was read; none of it affects the verified spec status above.
Repository as of
- Created
- Open issues
- 4
- Primary language
- TypeScript
- Continuous integration
- Present
- Tests
- Present
- Security policy
- None
Declared topics: archival, cli, internet-archive, mcp, mcp-server, model-context-protocol, wayback-machine, web-archive — author-declared on the repository, not our taxonomy.
Package (npm) as of
- Latest version
3.7.1- Last published
- First published
- Releases
- 29
- License (package)
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Maintainers
- 1
- Direct dependencies
- 3
- Unpacked size
- 191 KB
- Registry signature
- Signed
- Build provenance
- Attested
How was this verified, and what are the sources?
Verified · method: sdk-protocol-constant
· confidence 0.85 (Good).
- Official MCP Registry record for io.github.Mearman/mcp-wayback-machine at version 3.7.1 - lists package npm:mcp-wayback-machine and repository https://github.com/mearman/mcp-wayback-machine - accessed
- npm registry metadata for mcp-wayback-machine at published version 3.7.1, retrieved 2026-08-20 - declares a dependency on @modelcontextprotocol/sdk, which resolves to @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.29.0 - accessed
- Published artifact of @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.29.0, retrieved 2026-08-20 - the artifact declares LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION 2025-11-25 and carries no 2026-07-28 implementation. Read from the artifact itself, not from release notes - accessed