MCP tools and infrastructure
Model Context Protocol Ecosystem
MCP servers, clients, registries, gateways, and agent tools built around the Model Context Protocol.
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Leading projects in this ecosystem
Ordered by ToolVitals score, health, shipping, confidence, and adoption tie-breakers. Openness labels are shown explicitly.
| # | Tool | Health | Shipping | Stars | Openness | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | n8nFair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations. | 100 | 100 | 198.3k | Fair-code, not OSI-approved | 100 |
| 2 | AutoGPTAutoGPT is the vision of accessible AI for everyone, to use and to build on. Our mission is to provide the tools, so that you can focus on what matters. | 100 | 100 | 185.7k | OSI-approved OSS | 100 |
| 3 | LangChainThe agent engineering platform | 100 | 100 | 142.7k | OSI-approved OSS | 100 |
| 4 | Mem0Universal memory layer for AI Agents | 100 | 100 | 61.9k | OSI-approved OSS | 100 |
| 5 | AgnoBuild, run, manage agentic software at scale. | 100 | 100 | 41.5k | OSI-approved OSS | 100 |
| 6 | ComposioComposio powers 1000+ toolkits, tool search, context management, authentication, and a sandboxed workbench to help you build AI agents that turn intent into action. | 100 | 100 | 29.4k | OSI-approved OSS | 100 |
| 7 | HaystackOpen-source AI orchestration framework for building context-engineered, production-ready LLM applications. Design modular pipelines and agent workflows with explicit control over retrieval, routing, memory, and generation. Built for scalable agents, RAG, multimodal applications, semantic search, and conversational systems. | 100 | 100 | 26k | OSI-approved OSS | 100 |
| 8 | ActivepiecesAI Agents & MCPs & AI Workflow Automation • (~400 MCP servers for AI agents) • AI Automation / AI Agent with MCPs • AI Workflows & AI Agents • MCPs for AI Agents | 100 | 100 | 23.4k | OSI-approved OSS | 100 |
| 9 | OpenAI Agents SDKA lightweight, powerful framework for multi-agent workflows | 100 | 100 | 28.2k | OSI-approved OSS | 99 |
| 10 | claude-memA Claude Code plugin that automatically captures everything Claude does during your coding sessions, compresses it with AI (using Claude's agent-sdk), and injects relevant context back into future sessions. | 98 | 100 | 88.7k | OSI-approved OSS | 99 |
| 11 | CopilotKitThe Frontend Stack for Agents & Generative UI. React + Angular. Makers of the AG-UI Protocol | 98 | 100 | 36.3k | OSI-approved OSS | 99 |
| 12 | OnyxOpen Source AI Platform - AI Chat with advanced features that works with every LLM | 98 | 100 | 31.2k | OSI-approved OSS | 99 |
| 13 | Kilo CodeKilo is the all-in-one agentic engineering platform. Build, ship, and iterate faster with the most popular open source coding agent. | 98 | 100 | 26.5k | OSI-approved OSS | 99 |
| 14 | CuaOpen-source infrastructure for computer-use agents, with sandboxes, SDKs, and benchmarks. | 98 | 100 | 20.7k | OSI-approved OSS | 99 |
| 15 | Trigger.devTrigger.dev – build and deploy fully‑managed AI agents and workflows | 98 | 100 | 15.8k | OSI-approved OSS | 99 |
| 16 | BifrostFastest enterprise AI gateway (50x faster than LiteLLM) with adaptive load balancer, cluster mode, guardrails, 1000+ models support & <100 µs overhead at 5k RPS. | 98 | 100 | 6.8k | OSI-approved OSS | 99 |
| 17 | agent-of-empiresTool for managing multiple coding agents from web or TUI. | 98 | 100 | 2.9k | OSI-approved OSS | 99 |
| 18 | ElizaOSAutonomous agents for everyone | 98 | 98 | 18.8k | OSI-approved OSS | 99 |
| 19 | OmiAI that sees your screen, listens to your conversations and tells you what to do | 98 | 98 | 13.1k | OSI-approved OSS | 99 |
| 20 | MCP ToolboxMCP Toolbox for Databases is an open source MCP server for databases. | 98 | 95 | 16k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 21 | CrewAIFramework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents. By fostering collaborative intelligence, CrewAI empowers agents to work together seamlessly, tackling complex tasks. | 96 | 100 | 56.2k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 22 | MastraFramework for building AI-powered applications and agents with TypeScript. | 96 | 100 | 26.6k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 23 | SanitySanity Studio – Rapidly configure content workspaces powered by structured content | 96 | 98 | 6.2k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 24 | Entire CLIGit workflow tool that captures AI agent sessions and indexes them alongside commits. | 96 | 98 | 4.9k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 25 | TracecatOpen-source security automation platform for teams and AI agents | 96 | 98 | 3.7k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 26 | OpenClawYour own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞 | 95 | 100 | 384.4k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 27 | OllamaGet up and running with Kimi-K2.5, GLM-5, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models. | 95 | 100 | 176.9k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 28 | RAGFlowRAGFlow is a leading open-source Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that fuses cutting-edge RAG with Agent capabilities to create a superior context layer for LLMs | 95 | 100 | 86.1k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 29 | PiAI agent toolkit: coding agent CLI, unified LLM API, TUI & web UI libraries, Slack bot, vLLM pods | 95 | 100 | 79.1k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 30 | UnslothWeb UI for training and running open models like Gemma 4, Qwen3.5, DeepSeek, gpt-oss locally. | 95 | 100 | 69k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 31 | Goosean open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM | 95 | 100 | 51.8k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 32 | LocalAILocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required. | 95 | 100 | 47.9k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 33 | FastGPTFastGPT is a knowledge-based platform built on the LLMs, offers a comprehensive suite of out-of-the-box capabilities such as data processing, RAG retrieval, and visual AI workflow orchestration, letting you easily develop and deploy complex question-answering systems without the need for extensive setup or configuration. | 95 | 100 | 29.2k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 34 | OpenVikingSelf-evolving Context Database for AI Agents. Unify Agent Memory, Knowledge RAG and Skills. | 95 | 100 | 27.4k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 35 | PaseoOrchestrate coding agents remotely from your phone, desktop and CLI | 95 | 100 | 11.5k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 36 | MicroSandbox🧱 secure, local and programmable sandboxes for AI agents | 95 | 100 | 7k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 37 | Agent DeckTerminal session manager for AI coding agents. One TUI for Claude, Gemini, OpenCode, Codex, and more. | 95 | 100 | 605 | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 38 | OpenHands🙌 OpenHands: AI-Driven Development | 95 | 100 | 82.3k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 39 | Hermes AgentThe agent that grows with you | 95 | 100 | 221.4k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 40 | OpenCodeThe open source coding agent. | 95 | 100 | 190.3k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 41 | OpenCLIUniversal CLI hub and AI-native runtime for websites, Electron apps, and local tools. | 95 | 100 | 27.2k | OSI-approved OSS | 98 |
| 42 | RTKCLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies | 95 | 100 | 73.3k | OSI-approved OSS | 97 |
| 43 | Oh My ClaudeCodeTeams-first Multi-agent orchestration for Claude Code | 95 | 100 | 38.1k | OSI-approved OSS | 97 |
| 44 | AionUIFree, local, open-source 24/7 Cowork app and OpenClaw for Gemini CLI, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Qwen Code, Goose CLI, Auggie, and more | 🌟 Star if you like it! | 95 | 100 | 30.9k | OSI-approved OSS | 97 |
| 45 | OrcaIDE for building with coding agents. | 95 | 100 | 30.8k | OSI-approved OSS | 97 |
| 46 | EmdashOpen-source agentic development environment for running multiple coding agents in parallel. | 95 | 98 | 5.3k | OSI-approved OSS | 97 |
| 47 | DaguSelf-hosted workflow engine for scripts, cron jobs, containers, and ops automation. YAML workflows, retries, logs, approvals, and optional distributed workers. | 95 | 98 | 3.7k | OSI-approved OSS | 97 |
| 48 | SimBuild, deploy, and orchestrate AI agents. Sim is the central intelligence layer for your AI workforce. | 94 | 98 | 29.2k | OSI-approved OSS | 97 |
| 49 | Assistant UIOpen-source React and TypeScript library for building AI chat interfaces. | 93 | 100 | 11.3k | OSI-approved OSS | 97 |
| 50 | GenkitOpen-source framework for building AI-powered apps in JavaScript, Go, and Python, built and used in production by Google | 93 | 100 | 6.3k | OSI-approved OSS | 97 |
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