GitHub MCP Server

license

MIT(OSI)

source

public

core-gated

ungated

Fully MIT, first-party GitHub server, no feature-gated core. GitHub also runs a hosted Remote GitHub MCP Server, but that is a managed endpoint for the same server rather than a tier holding features back - the toolset list is the same one, configured by header instead of by flag - which is the langchain shape the ladder settles as ungated.

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/github-mcp-server/main/LICENSE recorded 2026-08-13

  Plain MIT License text: "Copyright (c) 2025 GitHub".

• https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server recorded 2026-08-13

  Repo page - MIT badge, 32,220 stargazers, root tree carrying LICENSE, Dockerfile, .goreleaser.yaml and the Go source. The Remote GitHub MCP Server section documents GitHub's hosted endpoint for the same server and the same toolsets; no separate license, no license key, no enterprise directory.

No download metric exists for the channels this server actually ships through: a Go binary, a Docker image and GitHub's own hosted remote endpoint, none of which publishes a count, and there is no npm or PyPI package to read. Stars are therefore forced rather than chosen as the signal - 32,220 stargazers on the one declared repository, which bands at >10K stars, level 3, though first-party backing implies real usage well above that. The page the count comes from carries a live star counter, so its content will differ on any later fetch; that is expected drift on this source rather than a signal about the claim.

• https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server recorded 2026-08-13

  Repo page, 32,220 stargazers. Distribution is a Go binary, a Docker image and GitHub's hosted remote endpoint; no package-registry download count exists for any of them.

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

• https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server recorded 2026-08-13

  Toolset table with per-toolset icons, including dependabot; README groups them as repository management, "CI/CD intelligence: Monitor GitHub Actions workflow runs, analyze build failures, manage releases", "Code Analysis: Examine security findings, review Dependabot alerts" and "Team Collaboration: Access discussions, manage notifications". Default toolsets apply when none is specified; Insiders mode and the remote server documentation cover the rest.