Describe a server.
Get a server.

NetGet puts an LLM behind 50+ network protocols.
Plain English in, a mock HTTP, SSH, DNS or MySQL server out.

netget
> http server on 8080, mock a payments API
INFO HTTP listening on :8080
REQ POST /charge {"amount": 4200}
LLM 200 {"status": "paid", "id": "ch_8f3k2"}

How it works

💻 you netget CLI · TUI 🤖 LLM agent Claude · MCP STDIO 🌐 the network curl · browser · dig netget ⚡ static response canned · zero latency :8080 HTTP LISTENING 📜 script runtime JS / Python · deterministic ✨ LLM Ollama · any OpenAI API “http server on 8080” start_server(...) request static script prompt

Real sockets, real wire formats. NetGet handles the bytes, the handler writes the content.

What you can build

🧪

HTTP mock API

"HTTP on 3000. GET /users returns fake JSON, POST /login always succeeds."

Test frontends without a backend.

🗄️

Dummy database

"MySQL server. Answer any SELECT with realistic data."

No schema, no seed scripts.

🍯

Honeypot

"SSH on 2222. Act like Ubuntu, accept any password, log everything."

Watch attackers talk to an LLM.

⚡

Instant infra

"DNS on 5353. Resolve *.local to 127.0.0.1."

DNS, NTP, DHCP. One sentence each.

Protocols

Every protocol is a Cargo feature. Build with exactly what you need: --features tcp,http,dns

transporttcp udp tftp socket_file datalink arp icmp igmp
webhttp http2 http3 tls proxy http_proxy socks5 openapi rss
naming & timedns dot doh mdns dhcp bootp ntp whois
remote accessssh ssh-agent telnet vnc
mail & newssmtp imap pop3 nntp
chat & voiceirc xmpp sip webrtc stun turn
queuesmqtt amqp kafka sqs zookeeper
databasesmysql postgresql mssql sqlite redis mongodb couchdb cassandra elasticsearch dynamodb etcd
files & storageftp s3 nfs smb webdav ipp
authoauth2 openid openidconnect saml-idp saml-sp ldap
rpcgrpc jsonrpc xmlrpc mcp
vpn & tunnelswireguard openvpn ipsec tor
routingbgp ospf isis rip
vcs & packagesgit mercurial svn npm pypi maven
p2pbitcoin torrent-tracker torrent-dht torrent-peer
hardwareusb usb-keyboard usb-mouse usb-serial usb-fido2 usb-smartcard bluetooth-ble nfc
observabilitysnmp syslog
llm backendsollama openai embedded-llm

Most protocols run as server and client. Maturity varies, see the README for status.

Install

MCP server for LLM agents (STDIO)

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or any MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "netget": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@smotana/netget", "--mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code: claude mcp add netget -- npx -y @smotana/netget --mcp

CLI

# install
npm install -g @smotana/netget            # or grab a binary from GitHub Releases

# run with local Ollama
ollama pull qwen3-coder:30b
netget

# or run against any OpenAI-compatible API
netget --openai-url https://api.openai.com --model gpt-4o --api-key $OPENAI_API_KEY

From source

git clone https://github.com/smotanacom/netget.git
cd netget

# build only the protocols you need
cargo build --release --no-default-features --features tcp,http,ssh,dns,mcp-stdio

./target/release/netget          # interactive TUI
./target/release/netget --mcp    # MCP STDIO server