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GitHub MCP Server

GitHub (Microsoft)

GitHub's official MCP server (Go) that lets AI agents interact with the GitHub platform in natural language, exposing 20+ toolsets - Repositories, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions, Code Security, Dependabot, Discussions, Projects, Copilot, and more. Runs locally via Docker/binary or via GitHub's remote hosted endpoint.

MIT (c) 2025 GitHub. ~31k stars. Distributed as a Go binary/Docker image (no npm/pypi).

Openness

5 high confidence
5.0
license
MIT(OSI)
source
public
core-gated
ungated

Fully MIT, first-party GitHub server.

Adoption

3 medium confidence
3.0

~31k stars; no download metric for Go/Docker distribution - stars_fallback (first-party backing implies higher real usage).

Capability

5 high confidence
5.0

The most comprehensive GitHub-platform tool surface among MCP servers.

Unchanged since 2026-07-30 (last edited, not re-checked)