MCP servers worth installing

Servers that let an assistant read, run and change real code: a terminal, a language-server view of your project, fresh library docs, your GitHub account and your build tools.

Desktop CommanderA terminal, file search and surgical file edits for your assistant.Started in our test★ 10.1KSerenaIDE-style "find symbol" and "edit symbol" for an agent, backed by language servers.Package checked★ 30.7KContext7Pulls current, version-specific library docs into the conversation.Needs your setup first★ 63.7KGitHubGitHub's own server for repos, issues, pull requests and Actions.Not yet tested by us★ 34KMCP InspectorThe official debugging UI for MCP servers. Not a server you add to a client.Not yet tested by us★ 11.2KXcodeBuildMCPBuild, run and test iOS and macOS apps, and drive simulators, from an agent.Started in our test★ 6.5KPeekabooScreenshots of any Mac app or screen, with optional questions about what is on it.Needs your setup first★ 5.4KKubernetes MCP ServerPods, logs, events and resources from your current kubeconfig context.Not yet tested by us★ 2.2KIDA Pro MCPLets an assistant read and annotate the binary you have open in IDA Pro.Package checked★ 13.2K

Pick one of these when the assistant needs the live web: drive a real browser, search, or turn pages into clean text it can read.

Playwright MCPMicrosoft's browser automation server: navigate, click, type, read.Started in our test★ 38.7KFirecrawlScrape pages, crawl sites and search, returned as clean Markdown.Needs your setup first★ 7.7KExaSearch built for AI: web results, page contents and code examples.Started in our test★ 5.2KBright DataSearch and scraping through Bright Data, for sites that block ordinary requests.Needs your setup first★ 2.7KSearXNGWeb search through your own SearXNG instance: no vendor, no API key.Started in our test★ 1.3K

Database servers are the ones most worth setting up carefully. Each page says what the server can change and how to start it in a safer mode.

Postgres MCP ProSQL, query plans, health checks and index advice for Postgres.Package checked★ 3.4KSupabaseManage Supabase projects, tables, migrations, logs and Edge Functions.Package checked★ 3KMCP Toolbox for DatabasesGoogle's toolbox for Postgres, MySQL, BigQuery, Spanner and other databases.Needs your setup first★ 16.7KQdrantStore notes and find them by meaning in a Qdrant vector collection.Package checked★ 1.6KExcel MCP ServerCreate, edit, format and chart .xlsx files, no Excel needed.Package checked★ 4.3K

These servers talk to a desktop app you already use. Most need a plugin or add-on inside that app as well as the MCP config, and each page says which.

Blender MCPPrompt-driven modelling in a running copy of Blender.Package checked★ 32.4KFramelink Figma MCPFeeds Figma layout and styling to coding agents so the UI matches the design.Started in our test★ 16.1KTalk to FigmaRead and edit Figma documents from an agent, through a Figma plugin.Started in our test★ 7.1KGodot MCPLaunch, run and debug Godot projects, and read the output.Started in our test★ 6.4KKiCad MCPCreate boards, place footprints and route traces in KiCad from an assistant.Package checked★ 3KMiniMaxText-to-speech, voice cloning, images and video from MiniMax.Package checked★ 1.6K

Servers that bring your notes, tickets and reading into the conversation, so you stop pasting them in by hand.

NotionNotion's own server: search, read and update pages and databases.Started in our test★ 4.7KMCP Atlassian (Jira and Confluence)Jira issues and Confluence pages, Cloud or self-hosted.Package checked★ 6KBasic MemoryLong-term memory as plain Markdown files you own.Not yet tested by us★ 4.4KLinkedIn MCP ServerRead LinkedIn profiles, companies and job posts with your own login.Package checked★ 4KarXiv MCP ServerSearch arXiv, download papers and read them in full.Package checked★ 3.2K

Newer servers we have written up but not tested yet. They join the shelf once they pass our install check.

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