Clients leaderboard.
Editors, terminals, desktop apps and assistants that connect to MCP servers. Browse all of them at /clients.
| # | Listing | Category | Stars / day | Stars | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OpenClaw Open-source personal AI agent that works across messaging platforms; it connects to MCP servers and makes their tools available to agents. | Automation | 1,246 | 391.3k | Nov 2025 |
| 2 | Hermes Agent Self-improving AI agent from Nous Research; any MCP server can be connected for extended capabilities. | Automation | 574 | 251.2k | Jul 2025 |
| 3 | Codex CLI OpenAI coding agent for the terminal with configurable MCP servers. | Developer tools | 237 | 127.9k | Apr 2025 |
| 4 | Gemini CLI Open source terminal agent from Google that uses Gemini models and MCP servers. | Developer tools | 200 | 107.2k | Apr 2025 |
| 5 | Open WebUI Self-hosted AI chat interface that connects to MCP servers through its tool system. | Productivity | 141 | 154k | Oct 2023 |
| 6 | Cline Open-source coding agent available as an IDE extension, CLI, and SDK, with MCP support for external tools. | Developer tools | 85 | 69.9k | Jul 2024 |
| 7 | goose Open-source agent with desktop and command-line interfaces, extensible through MCP servers for coding and other workflows. | Automation | 71 | 54.9k | Aug 2024 |
| 8 | NextChat Lightweight, cross-platform AI chat assistant for web and desktop that supports multiple model providers and includes MCP support. | Productivity | 68 | 88.8k | Mar 2023 |
| 9 | LobeHub Open-source AI agent workspace and chat framework that connects agents to tools through MCP-compatible plugins. | Productivity | 67 | 83k | May 2023 |
| 10 | Qwen Code Open-source AI coding agent that runs in the terminal, with memory, skills, subagents and MCP server support for external tools. | Developer tools | 61 | 28.3k | Jun 2025 |
| 11 | Cherry Studio Desktop client for many LLM providers with a built-in MCP server manager. | Productivity | 61 | 52.4k | May 2024 |
| 12 | Crush Terminal-based coding agent from Charm that supports Model Context Protocol servers over stdio, HTTP and SSE transports. | Developer tools | 57 | 28.5k | May 2025 |
| 13 | AnythingLLM All-in-one AI app for chatting with documents and running agents; supports Model Context Protocol tools for use with its AI agents. | Productivity | 55 | 66.7k | Jun 2023 |
| 14 | AutoGen Microsoft's multi-agent framework. McpWorkbench and mcp_server_tools wrap an MCP server and expose its tools to agents. | Developer tools | 54 | 61.3k | Aug 2023 |
| 15 | Kilo Code Open source coding agent extension for VS Code and JetBrains with MCP marketplace support. | Developer tools | 48 | 27.5k | Mar 2025 |
| 16 | Visual Studio Code Code editor with agent chat that can discover and invoke tools supplied by configured MCP servers. | Developer tools | 48 | 193.5k | Sep 2015 |
| 17 | Zed Collaborative code editor with agents and support for adding MCP servers through extensions or direct configuration. | Developer tools | 44 | 91.3k | Feb 2021 |
| 18 | smolagents Barebones library for agents that think in code; agents can use tools from any MCP server via ToolCollection.from_mcp. | Developer tools | 44 | 29.7k | Dec 2024 |
| 19 | Jan Open source desktop app for running local models with MCP server support. | Productivity | 39 | 44.8k | Aug 2023 |
| 20 | LlamaIndex Data framework for LLM applications. McpToolSpec and BasicMCPClient connect to MCP servers and convert their tools into LlamaIndex function tools. | Developer tools | 37 | 52.4k | Nov 2022 |
| 21 | AgentScope Agent framework with agentic tool management over Python tools, MCP servers and skills. | Developer tools | 33 | 32.8k | Jan 2024 |
| 22 | Kimi CLI Terminal AI agent from Moonshot AI for software development tasks and shell operations; supports MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools. | Developer tools | 32 | 11.4k | Oct 2025 |
| 23 | Chatbox Desktop and mobile AI client for many providers with MCP server integration. | Productivity | 32 | 41.9k | Mar 2023 |
| 24 | AstrBot Multi-platform LLM chatbot and agent framework for IM platforms such as QQ, Telegram and WeChat, with MCP support. | Communication | 30 | 41.4k | Dec 2022 |
| 25 | Continue Open source AI coding assistant for IDEs and terminals with configurable MCP servers. | Developer tools | 29 | 36.1k | May 2023 |
| 26 | Kortix Open-source AI management system for building and running agents; integrates apps via MCP, OpenAPI, GraphQL and raw HTTP. | Automation | 28 | 20.2k | Oct 2024 |
| 27 | Agno Framework to build, run and manage agent platforms; agents can access live data and tools from MCP servers alongside built-in toolkits. | Developer tools | 26 | 42.6k | May 2022 |
| 28 | Onyx Open-source AI platform with chat and agents that work with any LLM; Actions and MCP let agents interact with external applications. | Productivity | 26 | 32.3k | Apr 2023 |
| 29 | Agent Zero General-purpose agent framework that gives an agent a full Linux computer; supports MCP servers and A2A connectors as plugins. | Automation | 23 | 19.4k | Jun 2024 |
| 30 | VoltAgent Open-source TypeScript AI agent framework; connects to Model Context Protocol servers without extra glue code. | Developer tools | 20 | 10.7k | Apr 2025 |
| 31 | Strands Agents Model-driven SDK for building AI agents in a few lines of code, with MCP, streaming and multi-agent patterns built in. | Developer tools | 17 | 8.7k | May 2025 |
| 32 | Mistral Vibe Mistral's open-source CLI coding assistant. MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers can be configured to extend Vibe's capabilities. | Developer tools | 17 | 5k | Dec 2025 |
| 33 | MCP Inspector Developer tool for inspecting and testing MCP servers; it connects to a server and lets you exercise its tools, resources and prompts. | Developer tools | 15 | 11k | Oct 2024 |
| 34 | CAMEL-AI Open-source multi-agent framework. Its MCPToolkit turns CAMEL agents into MCP clients that use tools from multiple MCP servers. | Developer tools | 14 | 17.8k | Mar 2023 |
| 35 | mcp-agent Python framework for building agents with the Model Context Protocol using composable patterns; any MCP server connects without custom adapters. | Developer tools | 13 | 8.6k | Dec 2024 |
| 36 | LangBot Platform for building agentic IM bots for Discord, Slack, Telegram, WeChat and others; acts as an MCP client to connect to MCP servers. | Communication | 13 | 18k | Dec 2022 |
| 37 | Forge AI pair programmer for the terminal working with Claude, GPT, Gemini and other models; its MCP feature lets agents communicate with external tools and services. | Developer tools | 11 | 7.6k | Dec 2024 |
| 38 | LangChain4j Java library for LLM applications that supports the Model Context Protocol to communicate with MCP-compliant servers that provide and execute tools. | Developer tools | 11 | 13.2k | Jun 2023 |
| 39 | DeepChat Open-source, local-first AI agent desktop client with MCP support covering resources, prompts and tools over multiple transports. | Productivity | 11 | 6.4k | Feb 2025 |
| 40 | Haystack Open-source AI orchestration framework; its MCP integration connects external tools and services to Haystack pipelines and agents. | Developer tools | 11 | 26.6k | Nov 2019 |
| 41 | Chainlit Python framework for building conversational AI apps; applications connect to MCP servers over SSE, Streamable HTTP or stdio. | Developer tools | 9.6 | 12.5k | Mar 2023 |
| 42 | Koog JVM (Kotlin and Java) framework for building AI agents; integrates Model Context Protocol tools into agents. | Developer tools | 8.8 | 4.6k | May 2025 |
| 43 | GitHub Copilot CLI GitHub Copilot's coding agent for the terminal. It ships with the GitHub MCP server by default and supports custom MCP servers to extend its capabilities. | Developer tools | 8.2 | 11.2k | Jan 2023 |
| 44 | Spring AI Spring framework for AI applications. Its MCP Client Boot Starter auto-configures MCP client functionality over STDIO, SSE and Streamable HTTP. | Developer tools | 8.0 | 9.5k | Jun 2023 |
| 45 | Genkit Open-source AI framework from Google. The Genkit MCP plugin consumes MCP tools, prompts and resources as a client via createMcpHost or createMcpClient. | Developer tools | 7.3 | 6.5k | Apr 2024 |
| 46 | CodeCompanion.nvim AI coding plugin for Neovim with support for the Model Context Protocol so MCP server tools can be used in chat. | Developer tools | 6.8 | 6.9k | Dec 2023 |
| 47 | kagent Kubernetes-native framework for building AI agents; agents can connect to any MCP server that provides tools. | Infrastructure | 6.3 | 3.9k | Jan 2025 |
| 48 | fast-agent Framework and CLI to code, build and evaluate agents with MCP, ACP and A2A support; connects to MCP servers with the /connect command. | Developer tools | 6.3 | 3.9k | Jan 2025 |
| 49 | Theia IDE Open-source, vendor-neutral IDE from the Eclipse Foundation with built-in AI features; its MCP integration lets users configure, start and use MCP servers. | Developer tools | 6.2 | 21.7k | Feb 2017 |
| 50 | LangChain MCP Adapters Lightweight wrapper that makes Model Context Protocol tools compatible with LangChain and LangGraph agents. | Developer tools | 6.1 | 3.7k | Feb 2025 |
| 51 | 5ire Cross-platform desktop AI assistant and MCP client with local knowledge bases. | Productivity | 5.4 | 5.4k | Jan 2024 |
| 52 | MCP SuperAssistant Browser extension that brings MCP tools to web chat interfaces such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek and Perplexity. | Productivity | 4.9 | 2.6k | Apr 2025 |
| 53 | MCPJam Open-source testing and evaluation platform for MCP server developers; connects to and chats with multiple MCP servers using frontier models. | Developer tools | 4.5 | 2.2k | May 2025 |
| 54 | BeeAI Framework Framework for building production-ready AI agents in Python and TypeScript, with Model Context Protocol tool support. | Developer tools | 4.4 | 3.4k | Aug 2024 |
| 55 | ChatMCP Cross-platform AI chat client for desktop, mobile and web implementing the Model Context Protocol, with chat against MCP servers and an MCP server market. | Productivity | 3.3 | 2.2k | Dec 2024 |
| 56 | mcphub.nvim MCP client for Neovim that integrates MCP servers into the editing workflow and exposes them to chat plugins such as CodeCompanion and Avante. | Developer tools | 3.0 | 1.8k | Feb 2025 |
| 57 | mcp-cli Command-line interface for interacting with Model Context Protocol servers, with chat and interactive modes across LLM providers. | Developer tools | 3.0 | 2k | Nov 2024 |
| 58 | Witsy Desktop AI assistant described as a universal MCP client; it runs MCP servers with virtually any LLM. | Productivity | 2.3 | 2k | Apr 2024 |
| 59 | oterm Terminal client for LLMs with MCP server support, using an mcpServers config compatible with Claude Desktop and Cursor. | Developer tools | 2.2 | 2.4k | Oct 2023 |
| 60 | Askimo Desktop AI app for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Ollama with file search; connect MCP servers to browse the web, run commands, query databases and call APIs. | Productivity | 1.2 | 512 | Aug 2025 |
| 61 | Dexto Agent harness and toolkit with CLI and SDKs; connects to Model Context Protocol servers such as Puppeteer, Linear and Firecrawl. | Browser & web automation | 1.2 | 648 | Mar 2025 |
| 62 | Dolphin MCP Python library and CLI that connects to any number of configured MCP servers and makes their tools available to any LLM, local or remote. | Developer tools | 0.9 | 533 | Mar 2025 |
| 63 | mcp.el Emacs client for the Model Context Protocol that connects to MCP servers and exposes their tools to Emacs LLM packages. | Developer tools | 0.9 | 591 | Jan 2025 |