GitHub MCP Registry
GitHub MCP Registry: GitHub's curated MCP catalog with an install button per server, readable through an open API at api.mcp.github.com. Remote transport: records remotes. Price read 4 November 2026: Free to browse. Does not explain on its listing page how servers are selected.
Fact sheet
| Product | GitHub MCP Registry |
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| Operator | GitHub |
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| Kind | registry or directory |
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| Home | github.com |
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| Pricing | Free to browse; the API answered without a key on 2026-11-04. (source, read 4 November 2026) |
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| In this directory | GitHub: sign-in required, tools not seen, not counted |
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| Vendor profile | GitHub |
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Rubric
GitHub MCP Registry on the host and registry rubric| Dimension | Value | Evidence | Source |
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| Remote transport | records remotes | transport_type per remote. | api.mcp.github.com, read 2026-11-04 |
| OAuth with client registration | not applicable | Catalog only. | github.com, read 2026-11-04 |
| Per-tool auth scoping | not applicable | Catalog only. | github.com, read 2026-11-04 |
| Hosting and scale limits | not a host | Catalog only. | github.com, read 2026-11-04 |
| Observability | Copilot usage metrics count MCP servers | Since 22 Oct 2026. | github.blog, read 2026-11-04 |
| Pricing | free | Open API, as stated on the source page. | api.mcp.github.com, read 2026-11-04 |
| Registry submission | not documented on the page | The listing page does not describe submission. | github.com, read 2026-11-04 |
| Discoverability by agents | open API and install buttons | api.mcp.github.com/v0/servers. | api.mcp.github.com, read 2026-11-04 |
| Own server in the registries | yes | io.github.github/github-mcp-server active in the official registry. | registry.modelcontextprotocol.io, read 2026-11-04 |
What it does not do
- Does not explain on its listing page how servers are selected.
- Lists 773 servers, far fewer than open directories.
Dated facts
- The GitHub MCP Registry showed 773 servers on 4 Nov 2026. (github.com, read 4 November 2026)
- A full pull of https://api.mcp.github.com/v0/servers on 4 Nov 2026 returned 773 entries, 587 of them with a remote endpoint. (api.mcp.github.com, read 4 November 2026)
- Entries carry an x-github block with display name, homepage, licence, stars and whether the repository belongs to an organisation. (api.mcp.github.com, read 4 November 2026)
- Listed servers include Microsoft Markitdown and Playwright, GitHub, Context7 (Upstash), Supabase, Notion and Tavily. (github.com, read 4 November 2026)
- GitHub's own server runs remotely at https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ with OAuth or a PAT, and has a --read-only flag that overrides explicitly requested write tools. (github.com, read 4 November 2026)
- On 22 Oct 2026 GitHub added custom skills, agents and MCP servers to the Copilot usage metrics API. (github.blog, dated 22 October 2026, read 4 November 2026)
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