tty-tableSAFE
Cross-platform terminal table (Windows, Linux, macOS). Can also run in the browser console and provide. MCP server gives your coding agent with a quick way to add text-wrapped ASCII tables to your README or other files.
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
A TypeScript-first terminal table renderer with a compatibility-oriented factory API.
Examples
See here for complete example list
To view all example output:
$ git clone https://github.com/tecfu/tty-table && cd tty-table && npm i $ npm run view-examples
Terminal (Static)
examples/styles-and-formatting.js
Terminal (Streaming)
$ node examples/data/fake-stream.js | tty-table --format json --header examples/config/header.js
- See the built-in help for the terminal version of tty-table with:
$ tty-table -h
MCP server
Expose tty-table to MCP clients (Claude, IDE agents, Cursor, etc.) over stdio.
Client configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"tty-table": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "--package=tty-table", "tty-table-mcp"]
}
}
}Tools
Arguments for `render_table`:
Example tool call:
{
"header": [{ "value": "name" }, { "value": "score", "align": "right" }],
"rows": [["Ada", 100], ["Grace", 98]],
"options": { "width": 40 }41b7fe4af42dOBSERVED · 2026-10-06Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control.
claude mcp add tty-table -- npx -y [email protected]
{
"mcpServers": {
"tty-table": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
]
}
}
}Exposed tools (1)
1 read · 0 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
render_table | read |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- none-observed
- Shell
- declared (1 observation(s))
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (3)
exec(`COLUMNS=${pkg.defaultTestColumns} node ${element} --color=always`,// let random = Math.floor(Math.random() * keys.length) + 0;
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk, breakword, chalk, csv, smartwrap, strip-ansi, yargs, zod
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
41b7fe4af42dfull audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/tecfu__tty-table.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | 41b7fe4af42d | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the tty-table MCP server?
Cross-platform terminal table (Windows, Linux, macOS). Can also run in the browser console and provide. MCP server gives your coding agent with a quick way to add text-wrapped ASCII tables to your README or other files.
What tools does tty-table expose?
1 in total: 1 read-only, 0 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is tty-table safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does tty-table need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does tty-table run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on npm as tty-table at 7.1.0.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (41b7fe4af42d), read on 2026-10-06. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.