github / github-mcp-server
GitHub's official MCP Server
Why this job: name: mcp; says: mcp server; topics: mcp-server, mcp
What it does
The GitHub MCP Server connects AI tools directly to GitHub's platform. This gives AI agents, assistants, and chatbots the ability to read repositories and code files, manage issues and PRs, analyze code, and automate workflows. All through natural language interactions.
Get started
No single install command. Read the steps in the README (opens in new tab)
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 5 days ago
- Stars
- 34,338
- +172 this week
- Licence
- MIT
- Allows business use
- Downloads for
- 3 systems
- Mac, Windows, Linux
- Latest version
- v2.1.0
- Released 6 days ago
- Built with
- Go
- 96% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- 30
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 81% closed
- 229 still open
- Pull requests
- 969 merged
- 201 waiting
- Releases
- 87
- 30+ in the last year
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More: download files, languages, topics and project record
Download files, v2.1.0
- Mac2 files, 4,603 downloads
- Windows3 files, 4,059 downloads
- Linux3 files, 4,993 downloads
Languages
- Go 96%
- TypeScript 3%
- Shell 1%
- HTML <1%
Topics
- github
- mcp
- mcp-server
Project record
- JobMCP servers
- StatusListed
- Commits1,204
- Forks5,312
- Watching413
- Stars in 28 days+849
- CreatedMar 4, 2025
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 7, 2026