GitHub
Official GitHub MCP server. 29,469 stars, MIT, 33 commits on main in the last 30 days. Repo, issue, PR, action, and code search tools backed by the GitHub REST + GraphQL APIs.
“Official GitHub MCP server: repo, issue, PR, action, search, and code review tools backed by the GitHub REST and GraphQL APIs. 29,469 GitHub stars and 33 commits on main in the last 30 days. Replaces the previous community implementation in modelcontextprotocol/servers.”
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"github": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"],
"env": { "GITHUB_TOKEN": "ghp_your_token" }
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"github": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"],
"env": { "GITHUB_TOKEN": "ghp_your_token" }
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"github": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": ["@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"]
}
}
}
5 TOOLS AVAILABLE
OUR ASSESSMENT
- Official reference implementation with broad API coverage
- Fine-grained PAT scopes for least-privilege access
- Actively maintained by the MCP protocol team
- 24 tools covering the full GitHub surface
- Requires a GitHub PAT with appropriate scopes
- Enterprise-specific features (SAML, IP allow lists) require additional setup
Uses fine-grained PATs. Scope tokens to the minimum required repositories and permissions. Read-only scopes available for discovery workflows.
Any agent workflow that touches repositories, PRs, issues, or code search
TECHNICAL DETAILS
ADOPTION METRICS
// Reading this29,469 stars on the github/github-mcp-server official repo. Audit (2026-05-03) corrected previous attribution to modelcontextprotocol/servers (the 85k-star monorepo) which contained the original community implementation.
// Reading thisConsistently the highest-downloaded MCP after filesystem. Enterprise adoption drives the bulk of weekly installs.
// Reading this#2 globally behind filesystem. #1 in Dev Tools by a wide margin.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 4 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.
The same server, 4 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 5editorial | 29,469 | 62.0K / wk | MAY 3, 2026 |
| Official MCP Registry | — unrated | 3,200 | unavailable | APR 12, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | 4.7 community | 3,180 | 42.6K / wk | APR 21, 2026 |
| Smithery | 4.8 installs | 3,200 | 55.0K installs | APR 20, 2026 |
| Glama | — unrated | 3,210 | unavailable | APR 18, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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