Best MCP Frameworks & SDKs MCP servers

Libraries, SDKs and templates for building your own MCP servers in TypeScript, Python and more. We track 30 servers in this category, ranked by GitHub stars with maintenance status and ready-to-copy configs for Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code.

Top picks

  1. fastmcp — 🚀 The fast, Pythonic way to build MCP servers and clients. (★ 28.1k, updated today)
  2. python-sdk — The official Python SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients (★ 24.6k, updated today)
  3. typescript-sdk — The official TypeScript SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients (★ 13.6k, updated today)
  4. fastapi_mcp — Expose your FastAPI endpoints as Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, with Auth! (★ 12k, updated 10 months ago)
  5. inspector — Visual testing tool for MCP servers (★ 11.1k, updated today)

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fastmcp

by PrefectHQ · Python

🚀 The fast, Pythonic way to build MCP servers and clients.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintained28.1k

python-sdk

by modelcontextprotocol · Python

The official Python SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintainedRemote24.6k

typescript-sdk

by modelcontextprotocol · TypeScript

The official TypeScript SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintainedRemote13.6k

fastapi_mcp

by tadata-org · Python

Expose your FastAPI endpoints as Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, with Auth!

MCP Frameworks & SDKsAging12k

inspector

by modelcontextprotocol · TypeScript

Visual testing tool for MCP servers

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintained11.1k

mcp-use

by mcp-use · TypeScript

The fullstack MCP framework to develop MCP Apps for ChatGPT / Claude & MCP Servers for AI Agents.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintained10.8k

csharp-sdk

by modelcontextprotocol · C#

The official C# SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients. Maintained in collaboration with Microsoft.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintained4.6k

rust-sdk

by modelcontextprotocol · Rust

The official Rust SDK for the Model Context Protocol

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintainedRemote4k

java-sdk

by modelcontextprotocol · Java

The official Java SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients. Maintained in collaboration with Spring AI

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintainedRemote3.7k

fastmcp

by punkpeye · TypeScript

A TypeScript framework for building MCP servers.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintainedRemote3.3k

ext-apps

by modelcontextprotocol · TypeScript

Official repo for spec & SDK of MCP Apps protocol - standard for UIs embedded AI chatbots, served by MCP servers

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintained2.9k

nitrostack

by nitrocloudofficial · TypeScript

The full-stack TypeScript framework to build, test, and deploy production-ready MCP servers and AI-native apps.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintained2.5k

inspector

by MCPJam · TypeScript

Testing and evaluation platform to chat, inspect, and debug MCP servers, MCP apps, and ChatGPT apps.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintained2.3k

mcpb

by modelcontextprotocol · TypeScript

Desktop Extensions: One-click local MCP server installation in desktop apps

MCP Frameworks & SDKsAging2.1k

docker-mcp-tutorial

by theNetworkChuck · —

Complete tutorial materials for building MCP servers with Docker - from NetworkChuck's video

MCP Frameworks & SDKsStaleRemote1.6k

php-sdk

by modelcontextprotocol · PHP

The official PHP SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients. Maintained in collaboration with The PHP Foundation.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintained1.6k

code-mode

by universal-tool-calling-protocol · TypeScript

🔌 Plug-and-play library to enable agents to call MCP and UTCP tools via code execution.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintained1.6k

mcp-golang

by metoro-io · Go

Write Model Context Protocol servers in few lines of go code. Docs at https://mcpgolang.com . Created by https://metoro.io

MCP Frameworks & SDKsAgingRemote1.2k

arcade-mcp

by ArcadeAI · Python

MCP Server Framework and Tool Development library for building custom capabilities into agents.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintainedRemote1k

ruby-sdk

by modelcontextprotocol · Ruby

The official Ruby SDK for the Model Context Protocol servers and clients.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintainedRemote924

hyper-mcp

by hyper-mcp-rs · Rust

📦️ A fast, secure MCP server that extends its capabilities through WebAssembly plugins.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintainedRemote882

server

by php-mcp · PHP

Core PHP implementation for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server

MCP Frameworks & SDKsStaleRemote874

MCP-Nest

by rekog-labs · TypeScript

A NestJS module to effortlessly create Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for exposing AI tools, resources, and prompts.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintainedRemote718

enrichmcp

by featureform · Python

EnrichMCP is a python framework for building data driven MCP servers

MCP Frameworks & SDKsAgingRemote643

concierge

by concierge-hq · Python

🚀 Universal SDK for building next-gen MCP servers

MCP Frameworks & SDKsAgingRemote528

mcp-server-bash-sdk

by muthuishere · Shell

MCP server SDK/example implemented entirely in bash — build a Model Context Protocol server with no runtime dependency beyond a POSIX shell.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintainedRemote515

mcpadapt

by grll · Python

Unlock 650+ MCP servers tools in your favorite agentic framework.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsAgingRemote426

MCPSharp

by afrise · C#

MCPSharp is a .NET library that helps you build Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and clients - the standardized API protocol used by AI assistants and models.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsAging377

StatsPAI

by brycewang-stanford · Python

StatsPAI is the first Agent-native Python library for causal inference and applied econometrics — unified API, broad cross-method coverage, structured result objects, machine-readable schemas, Skills, an MCP server, and R/Stata parity validation.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsMaintained338

paws-on-mcp

by hemanth · Python

A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementing the latest specification.

MCP Frameworks & SDKsStaleRemote327

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