VMware Fusion

Open VMware Fusion Pro, go to Preferences > General, and enable the REST API. Set a username and password for vmrest authentication. By default the vmrest server listens on http://localhost:8697.

Clone the server repository and use the included Makefile target to create a Python virtual environment and install all dependencies.

git clone https://github.com/yeahdongcn/vmware-fusion-mcp-server.git
cd vmware-fusion-mcp-server
make env

Start the server by providing your vmrest credentials as environment variables. The server communicates over stdio and is ready to accept MCP client connections.

VMREST_USER=your-username VMREST_PASS=your-password make run

# Alternatively with uvx (no clone required)
VMREST_USER=your-username VMREST_PASS=your-password uvx vmware-fusion-mcp-server

Update your Claude Desktop config file at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json to include the vmware-fusion server. Provide your vmrest credentials in the env block.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vmware-fusion": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["vmware-fusion-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "VMREST_USER": "your-username",
        "VMREST_PASS": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop and ask Claude to list all virtual machines. If the server is connected correctly, Claude will call the list_vms tool and return the names and IDs of your VMware Fusion VMs.