mcp-use
The fullstack MCP framework to develop MCP Apps for ChatGPT, Claude, and MCP Servers. 9,949 GitHub stars and 29 commits on main in the last 30 days.
“The fullstack MCP framework to develop MCP Apps for ChatGPT, Claude, and MCP Servers. 9,949 stars and 29 commits on main in the last 30 days.”
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"my-mcp-use-app": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"-m",
"my_mcp_use_app"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"my-mcp-use-app": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"-m",
"my_mcp_use_app"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"my-mcp-use-app": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"-m",
"my_mcp_use_app"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"my-mcp-use-app": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"-m",
"my_mcp_use_app"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"my-mcp-use-app": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"-m",
"my_mcp_use_app"
]
}
}
}
5 TOOLS AVAILABLE
OUR ASSESSMENT
- 9,949 GitHub stars.
- 29 commits on main in the last 30 days.
- MIT license.
- Fullstack scope (server plus client patterns).
- Built-in chat UI generator.
- Fullstack scope means broader API surface to learn versus server-only frameworks.
- Client integrations target ChatGPT and Claude specifically; other clients may need custom work.
- Community-maintained; no commercial vendor backing.
No authentication at the framework level. Apps built with mcp-use must add authentication; the framework provides hooks for OAuth and API-key flows but does not bundle a specific implementation.
Developers building MCP Apps end-to-end (server plus embedded client UI); teams that want one framework for both sides of an MCP integration; prototypers who want a chat-UI scaffold included.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
ADOPTION METRICS
// Reading this9,949 stars on mcp-use/mcp-use. 29 commits on main in the last 30 days.
// Reading thisPairs with FastMCP (Python and TS), MCP Python SDK, MCP TypeScript SDK, mcp-go in the framework layer of dev-tools.
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 | 4.6editorial | 9,949 | — | MAY 14, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 14, 2026 |
| MCP.so | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 14, 2026 |
| Glama | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 14, 2026 |
| Smithery | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 14, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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