GitHub
Codebase awareness layer for accessing repositories, pull requests, issues, code search, and GitHub Actions. Fine-grained PAT scopes keep access minimal.
“The official GitHub MCP server. Broad API coverage, fine-grained token scopes, and maintained by the modelcontextprotocol team. The starting point for any code-aware agent.”
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 thisThe second most-starred MCP server globally. Growth is organic and steady, driven by the modelcontextprotocol monorepo visibility.
// 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 | 18,000 | 62.0K / wk | APR 22, 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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