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photon

Active·★ 97·MIT·Updated 2026-05-28

★ Trending★ Vision / Multimodal★ LLM Infra

Define intent once. Photon turns a single TypeScript file into CLI tools, MCP servers, and web interfaces.

Photon lets you define logic once in TypeScript and automatically exposes it through three interfaces: MCP server for AI agents, CLI tool for automation, and Web UI for humans. It eliminates boilerplate by deriving tool definitions, validations, and UI from your code, making it easy to build and deploy multi-surface applications.

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$ Install

$ npm install -g @portel/photon

↗ Visit site ★ GitHub

01

Features

01Auto-generated Web UI from method signatures

02One source file produces MCP server, CLI, and UI

03Built-in support for OAuth, scheduled tasks, webhooks, and distributed locks

04Standalone binary compilation via Bun

05Real-time events and persistent memory without infrastructure

02

Compatibility

Node.js

Node.js 20+

Verified via docs

TypeScript

TypeScript 5.0+

Verified via docs

MCP

MCP Compatible

Verified via docs

03

Quick start

1

$ npm install -g @portel/photon

04

Use cases

↳Building AI agent tools with MCP protocol support

↳Creating CLI automation scripts from simple TypeScript classes

↳Developing web dashboards for internal tools without front-end coding

05

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Remy JacksonApr 25, 2026
Great for prototyping tools that need to work both interactively and in agent pipelines
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Casey DavisApr 9, 2026
The single-file approach keeps things simple when you have many small tools
Riley LeeMar 30, 2026
Define once, deploy everywhere concept actually works well in practice
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Alex AndersonMar 6, 2026
Turning a TypeScript file into CLI + MCP server simultaneously saves a lot of duplication

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