Trending Model Context Protocol repositories

MCP — the Model Context Protocol — went from spec to ecosystem in under a year. Every API, database, IDE, and SaaS now wants an MCP server, and the open-source community is shipping them faster than vendors can keep up. This leaderboard is the wide feed; /best/mcp-servers is the curated cut. The repos here split four ways: single-service connectors (databases, design tools, browsers), registries and meta-servers proxying many backends through one endpoint, horizontal toolboxes bundling file system + shell + search + HTTP for general agents, and protocol-aware runtimes that re-expose themselves as MCP servers so other agents can call them. The category attracts a high ratio of demo-grade work — flashy README, viral hit, no second commit. The score knocks those down by counting sustained mentions, not first-day stars. Reading the leaderboard, recency matters more than usual: the protocol is still evolving and yesterday's reference implementation gets superseded routinely.