Most Popular MCP Servers
The most popular MCP servers are Filesystem MCP, Google Drive MCP, and Context7, ranked by GitHub popularity (stars, forks, and watchers on a log scale so a single mega-repo doesn't dominate).
The most popular Model Context Protocol servers, ranked by a log-scaled blend of GitHub stars, forks, and watchers.
| # | Server | Popularity | Stars | Forks | Last commit | License | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filesystem MCP Files & Storage | 95 | 91.1K | 11.8K | Oct 10, 2026 | MIT | Read and write local files |
| 2 | Google Drive MCP Files & Storage | 95 | 91.1K | 11.8K | Oct 10, 2026 | MIT | Search Google Drive |
| 3 | Context7 Developer Tools | 89 | 62.8K | 3.1K | Oct 10, 2026 | MIT | Fetch current library documentation |
| 4 | GitHub MCP Server Developer Tools | 87 | 33.5K | 5.1K | Oct 8, 2026 | MIT | Search and read repository code |
| 5 | Playwright MCP Browser Automation | 86 | 38K | 3.2K | Oct 8, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | Automate browser navigation |
| 6 | Agent Skills Search Server Search & Retrieval | 83 | 26K | 2K | Aug 9, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 7 | AWS MCP Servers Cloud & Infrastructure | 76 | 9.8K | 1.8K | Oct 9, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | Query AWS documentation |
| 8 | MCP Registry Server Developer Tools | 73 | 7.3K | 1K | Oct 8, 2026 | — | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 9 | Apify Actors MCP Web Scraping & Crawling | 72 | 10.3K | 306 | Oct 9, 2026 | MIT | Run prebuilt web scrapers |
| 10 | apify-mcp-server Web Scraping & Crawling | 72 | 10.3K | 306 | Oct 9, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 11 | Firecrawl MCP Web Scraping & Crawling | 72 | 7.6K | 903 | Oct 9, 2026 | MIT | Crawl and scrape websites |
| 12 | Atlassian MCP Productivity & Docs | 71 | 6K | 1.4K | Sep 19, 2026 | MIT | Search and update Jira issues |
| 13 | strata Developer Tools | 71 | 5.8K | 564 | Jun 1, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 14 | Exa MCP Search & Retrieval | 68 | 5.1K | 402 | Oct 7, 2026 | MIT | Run real-time web search |
| 15 | Notion MCP Productivity & Docs | 68 | 4.7K | 633 | Sep 20, 2026 | MIT | Search Notion workspaces |
| 16 | Cloudflare MCP Cloud & Infrastructure | 68 | 4.4K | 550 | Oct 9, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | Manage Workers and deployments |
| 17 | Grafana MCP Monitoring & Observability | 67 | 3.5K | 461 | Oct 9, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | Query dashboards and panels |
| 18 | Browserbase MCP Browser Automation | 65 | 3.4K | 373 | Jul 20, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | Run headless cloud browsers |
| 19 | Supabase MCP Databases | 64 | 2.9K | 416 | Oct 9, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | Run SQL queries safely |
| 20 | Figma MCP Server Developer Tools | 61 | 2.1K | 202 | Oct 10, 2026 | — | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 21 | Stripe Agent Toolkit Payments | 61 | 1.9K | 353 | Oct 10, 2026 | MIT | Create payment links |
| 22 | BoostedTravel Search & Retrieval | 59 | 2.1K | 143 | Oct 9, 2026 | — | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 23 | brave Search & Retrieval | 58 | 1.5K | 208 | Oct 9, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 24 | ArcadeDB MCP Server Databases | 56 | 1.2K | 151 | Oct 10, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 25 | Sentry MCP Monitoring & Observability | 56 | 919 | 161 | Oct 10, 2026 | MIT | Investigate production errors |
| 26 | atlassian-mcp-server Developer Tools | 55 | 1.1K | 140 | Oct 7, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 27 | ref-tools-ref-tools-mcp Developer Tools | 54 | 1.2K | 71 | Oct 1, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 28 | QueryWeaver Databases | 54 | 1.1K | 136 | Oct 7, 2026 | AGPL-3.0 | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 29 | ChiR24-unreal_mcp Developer Tools | 54 | 911 | 175 | Oct 10, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 30 | gk-cli Files & Storage | 53 | 461 | 371 | Sep 29, 2026 | — | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 31 | Redis MCP Databases | 51 | 633 | 120 | Oct 9, 2026 | MIT | Read and write Redis keys |
| 32 | hustcc-mcp-mermaid Developer Tools | 49 | 642 | 60 | May 15, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 33 | Anki MCP Server Productivity & Docs | 47 | 511 | 38 | Oct 4, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 34 | docfork-mcp Developer Tools | 47 | 487 | 38 | Jun 13, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 35 | docfork-mcp Developer Tools | 47 | 487 | 38 | Jun 13, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 36 | packmind Developer Tools | 42 | 318 | 21 | Oct 9, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 37 | zwldarren-akshare-one-mcp Developer Tools | 42 | 233 | 52 | Oct 8, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 38 | Auth0 MCP Server Monitoring & Observability | 40 | 122 | 49 | Oct 6, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 39 | jjlabsio-korea-stock-mcp Search & Retrieval | 39 | 177 | 39 | Oct 8, 2026 | ISC | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 40 | adeu Developer Tools | 39 | 167 | 25 | Oct 5, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 41 | hypertool-mcp Developer Tools | 37 | 155 | 18 | Oct 21, 2025 | — | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 42 | pinkpixel-dev-web-scout-mcp Web Scraping & Crawling | 37 | 136 | 16 | Sep 29, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 43 | ScrapeGraphAI-scrapegraph-mcp Web Scraping & Crawling | 37 | 115 | 38 | Jul 17, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 44 | oxylabs-oxylabs-mcp Web Scraping & Crawling | 37 | 104 | 26 | Sep 7, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 45 | docs-mcp Developer Tools | 36 | 121 | 13 | Oct 6, 2026 | — | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 46 | infranodus-mcp-server-infranodus Developer Tools | 36 | 102 | 27 | Sep 20, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 47 | Glean Remote MCP Server Developer Tools | 35 | 165 | 3 | Apr 17, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 48 | apple-rag-mcp Search & Retrieval | 35 | 120 | 8 | Oct 9, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 49 | ads Developer Tools | 35 | 98 | 21 | Oct 8, 2026 | MIT | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
| 50 | IlyaGusev-academia_mcp Search & Retrieval | 34 | 93 | 7 | Jan 25, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | connecting AI assistants to external tools |
Frequently asked questions
What are the most popular mcp servers?
The most popular Model Context Protocol servers, ranked by a log-scaled blend of GitHub stars, forks, and watchers. The most popular MCP servers are Filesystem MCP, Google Drive MCP, and Context7, ranked by GitHub popularity (stars, forks, and watchers on a log scale so a single mega-repo doesn't dominate).
How is the "Most Popular MCP Servers" ranking calculated?
Servers are ranked by a popularity score that blends GitHub stars, forks, and watchers on a log scale, so a single very large repository does not dominate the entire list.
How often is this ranking updated?
GitHub metrics are refreshed from the public GitHub API and scores are recalculated on each data run; every page shows its last updated date.
Which MCP server is #1 in the most popular mcp servers?
Filesystem MCP currently ranks first. Filesystem MCP is an MCP server that helps AI assistants read, write, and search files in allowed local directories.
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