What is MCP?

MCP is an open protocol that enables AI models to securely interact with local and remote resources through standardized server implementations. This list focuses on production-ready and experimental MCP servers that extend AI capabilities through file access, database connections, API integrations, and other contextual services.

Contents

Tutorials

• Model Context Protocol (MCP) Quickstart
• Setup Claude Desktop App to Use a SQLite Database

Community

• r/mcp Reddit
• Discord Server

⚠️ Security Warning

When running MCP servers without proper sandboxing, they can execute arbitrary code on your system with the same permissions as the host process. This creates significant security risks.

Warning summary:

• System Access: Full access to files, network, and system resources
• Code Execution: Can run commands on your machine
• Prompt Injection: Malicious prompts could trigger unintended server actions
• Data Exposure: Sensitive data may be accessed or leaked

Best practices:

• Use official implementations (marked with ⭐) when available
• Run servers in VMs or isolated containers
• Review code and configuration before installation
• Limit permissions to the minimum required
• Monitor server activity and logs

Examples of Supported Clients

Many MCP clients and UIs can connect to servers listed here. Examples include (but are not limited to):

• Claude Desktop / Claude clients
• Zed
• Sourcegraph Cody
• Cursor
• Visual Studio Code
• LibreChat
• Various CLI and browser-based clients

(Icons and links for specific clients are commonly shown on the individual server/project pages.)

Server Implementations (Categories)

• 📂 File Systems
• 📦 Sandbox & Virtualization
• 🔄 Version Control
• ☁️ Cloud Storage
• 🗄️ Databases
• 💬 Communication
• 📈 Monitoring
• 🔍 Search & Web
• 🗺️ Location Services
• 🎯 Marketing
• 📝 Note Taking
• ⚡ Cloud Platforms
• ⚙️ Workflow Automation
• 🤖 System Automation
• 📱 Social Media
• 🎮 Gaming
• 💹 Finance
• 🧬 Research & Data
• 🤝 AI Services
• 💻 Development Tools
• 📊 Data Visualization
• 🆔 Identity
• 🔗 Aggregators
• 💬 Language & Translation
• 🔒 Security
• 🔌 IoT
• 🧑‍🎨 Art & Literature
• 🛒 E-Commerce
• 📦 Data Platforms
• 🤖 Robotics & Physical AI

Legend:

• ⭐ Official protocol implementation
• 1,2,3,... Implementation ordering when multiple exist

Reference Servers

These are example/reference servers and core SDK examples demonstrating MCP features.

• Everything (Reference / test server with prompts, resources, and tools)
  • https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/blob/main/src/everything
• Fetch
  • https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/fetch
• Filesystem
  • https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/filesystem
• Git
  • https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/git
• Memory
  • https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/memory
• Sequential Thinking
  • https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/sequentialthinking
• Time
  • https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/blob/main/src/time

Official Servers

Official integrations are maintained by companies building production-ready MCP servers for their platforms. (Marked with ⭐ when present)

• 1mcpserver — https://github.com/particlefuture/1mcpserver
• 21st.dev Magic — https://github.com/21st-dev/magic-mcp
• 4everland/4everland-hosting-mcp — https://github.com/4everland/4everland-hosting-mcp
• Adfin — https://github.com/Adfin-Engineering/mcp-server-adfin
• Agent Mindshare — https://agentmindshare.com
• AgentQL — https://github.com/tinyfish-io/agentql-mcp
• AgentRPC — https://github.com/agentrpc/agentrpc
• Aiven — https://github.com/Aiven-Open/mcp-aiven
• AlibabaCloud DevOps MCP — https://github.com/aliyun/alibabacloud-devops-mcp-server
• Apify Actors — https://github.com/apify/actors-mcp-server
• Box — https://github.com/box-community/mcp-server-box (⭐)
• Cloudflare — https://github.com/cloudflare/mcp-server-cloudflare (⭐)
• GitHub — https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server (official)
• Notion — https://github.com/makenotion/notion-mcp (official)
• Stripe — https://github.com/stripe/agent-toolkit/tree/main (⭐)
• PayPal — https://github.com/paypal/agent-toolkit/tree/main (⭐)
• Tinybird — https://github.com/tinybirdco/mcp-tinybird (⭐)
• Cloud-run, AWS, Azure, Google offerings — various official MCP servers in the awslabs and Google repos under modelcontextprotocol.

(For a full list of official servers and vendor-maintained implementations, see the "Official Servers" and "Reference Servers" in this document and the linked repos.)

Tools & Utilities

Helpful utilities to discover, install, manage, and work with MCP servers.

Server Managers:

• mcp-get — CLI tool to install and manage MCP servers (Claude Desktop oriented) — https://github.com/michaellatman/mcp-get
• mxcp — An open-source framework for building secure enterprise MCP tools — http://github.com/raw-labs/mxcp
• Remote MCP — Solution for remote MCP communication — https://github.com/ssut/Remote-MCP
• yamcp — Model Context Workspace Manager — https://github.com/hamidra/yamcp
• ToolHive — Lightweight utility to simplify deployment & management — https://github.com/StacklokLabs/toolhive
• MCP Installer — https://github.com/anaisbetts/mcp-installer

Other utilities:

• Secure Fetch — secure fetch to prevent access to local resources — https://github.com/appsec-innovation-labs/secure-mcp-fetch
• mcp-cli — CLI inspector for MCP servers — https://github.com/wong2/mcp-cli
• mcp-get, mcp-installer, and similar utilities to simplify installation and discovery.

Category: File Systems (📂)

Provides access to local or remote file systems with configurable permissions.

• Backup — https://github.com/hexitex/MCP-Backup-Server
• FileStash — https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash/tree/master/server/plugin/plg_handler_mcp
• FileSystem (modelcontextprotocol reference) — https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/filesystem (1)
• FileSystem (mark3labs) — https://github.com/mark3labs/mcp-filesystem-server (2)
• Everything Search — https://github.com/mamertofabian/mcp-everything-search
• fast-filesystem-mcp — https://github.com/efforthye/fast-filesystem-mcp
• llm-context — https://github.com/cyberchitta/llm-context.py

Category: Sandbox & Virtualization (📦)

Secure sandbox environments for code execution.

• Microsandbox (⭐) — https://github.com/microsandbox/microsandbox
• E2B (⭐) — https://github.com/e2b-dev/mcp-server
• Docker (QuantGeekDev) — https://github.com/QuantGeekDev/docker-mcp

Category: Version Control (🔄)

Git and version control related MCP servers.

• GitHub (1) — https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server (official)
• GitHub Repos Manager — https://github.com/kurdin/github-repos-manager-mcp
• GitLab — https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/gitlab
• Git (direct) — https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/git
• Phabricator — https://github.com/baba786/phabricator-mcp-server
• Gitingest-MCP — https://github.com/puravparab/Gitingest-MCP

Category: Cloud Storage (☁️)

Access to cloud storage platforms.

• Google Drive — https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/gdrive
• Box (⭐) — https://developer.box.com/guides/box-mcp/
• VideoDB (agent-toolkit) — https://github.com/video-db/agent-toolkit/tree/main/modelcontextprotocol (⭐)
• Microsoft 365 — https://github.com/softeria/ms-365-mcp-server

Category: Databases (🗄️)

Database access with schema inspection and query capabilities.

• PostgreSQL — https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/postgres
• SQLite — https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/sqlite
• DuckDB — https://github.com/ktanaka101/mcp-server-duckdb
• Excel — https://github.com/haris-musa/excel-mcp-server
• BigQuery — https://github.com/LucasHild/mcp-server-bigquery (1) & https://github.com/ergut/mcp-bigquery-server (2)