{
  "slug": "freesound",
  "name": "Freesound MCP Server",
  "vendor": "Community (johnkimdw)",
  "official": false,
  "category": "sound-design",
  "featured": false,
  "tagline": "Search freesound.org's 600k+ CC-licensed sounds by natural language for SFX pulls.",
  "description": "Community MCP server for the Freesound.org API: agents search real recorded sound effects, ambiences, and loops with natural-language queries and get back duration, tags, license info, and preview URLs. For a film pipeline this covers the classic library-pull workflow ('thunder for a storm scene, under 30s') with proper license metadata, complementing generative SFX tools.",
  "capabilities": [
    "sfx-search",
    "audio-metadata",
    "license-info",
    "preview-urls"
  ],
  "tools_sample": [
    "search_sounds"
  ],
  "install": {
    "claude_code": null,
    "remote_url": null,
    "stdio_command": "uv run freesound-mcp (after cloning the repo and `uv sync`)"
  },
  "auth": {
    "type": "api_key",
    "env_var": "FREESOUND_API_KEY",
    "key_url": "https://freesound.org/api/apply/"
  },
  "pricing": "free",
  "links": {
    "repo": "https://github.com/johnkimdw/freesound-mcp-server",
    "docs": null,
    "site": "https://freesound.org"
  },
  "added": "2026-06-11",
  "verified": "2026-06-11",
  "notes": "MIT, small, search-only (no in-tool download); install from source or Docker. Alternatives: MuShan-bit/freesound-mcp (adds download by sound ID) and timjrobinson/FreesoundMCPServer (Node.js). Check individual sound licenses (some CC-BY/NC) before use in a film."
}