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GitHub MCP Server

GitHub's official MCP server for repos, issues, PRs and Actions

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What GitHub MCP Server does

  • GitHub's official MCP server for repos, issues, PRs and Actions
  • Works with Claude, Copilot, Cursor and other MCP clients
  • Open source; needs a GitHub token

GitHub MCP Server — straight answers

What is GitHub MCP Server?

GitHub MCP Server is listed under MCP Ecosystem, in the AI Agents & Automation category on Flocci AI Tools. GitHub's official MCP server for repos, issues, PRs and Actions. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at github.com.

Is GitHub MCP Server free?

GitHub MCP Server is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 397 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

Can I use GitHub MCP Server in a browser, or is there an app?

GitHub MCP Server needs to be installed or self-hosted — it doesn't run in a browser tab. It is available on an API, the command line, self-hosting and inside another product.

What can GitHub MCP Server do?

GitHub MCP Server does 3 things the catalog singles out: Github's official mcp server for repos, issues, prs and actions; works with claude, copilot, cursor and other mcp clients; open source; needs a github token.

What is the best free alternative to GitHub MCP Server?

MCP Registry (Official) is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same MCP Ecosystem sub-category and is free. Agent2Agent (A2A) Protocol, FastMCP and MCP Inspector also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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Smithery

MCP Ecosystem
freemium
  • Marketplace of 14,000+ hosted MCP servers with one-click connect
  • Handles OAuth/credential plumbing automatically for MCP tool auth
  • Connections reusable across Claude, GPT and other MCP clients
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Composio

MCP Ecosystem
freemium
  • Managed auth + tool-call infrastructure for agents across 250+ apps
  • Free tier: 20,000 tool calls/month with community support
  • Ships both MCP servers and native SDKs for major agent frameworks
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Glama

MCP Ecosystem
freemium
  • Indexes and security-scans thousands of MCP servers for compatibility/safety
  • API gateway for connecting to MCP servers programmatically
  • Free account tier plus paid gateway/enterprise options
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Cloudflare MCP

MCP Ecosystem
freemium
  • Build and deploy remote MCP servers directly on Cloudflare Workers with built-in OAuth
  • Ships an Agents SDK for stateful, durable AI agents alongside MCP hosting
  • Runs on Cloudflare's free-tier-eligible Workers platform, scaling to global edge
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free
  • The canonical open-source specification and docs for the Model Context Protocol
  • Reference server/client SDKs and the official server registry
  • Backed across the ecosystem — Claude, ChatGPT, VS Code, Cursor, MCPJam all implement it
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Zapier MCP

MCP Ecosystem
freemium
  • Turns any of Zapier's 9,000+ app integrations into callable MCP tools for any AI client
  • Pre-authenticated connections avoid per-app OAuth setup for agent builders
  • Included on all Zapier plans (including free), billed against existing task quota
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