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 | Open WebUI Self-hosted AI chat interface that connects to MCP servers through its tool system. | Productivity | 141 | 154k | Oct 2023 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | LobeHub Open-source AI agent workspace and chat framework that connects agents to tools through MCP-compatible plugins. | Productivity | 67 | 83k | May 2023 |
| 4 | Cherry Studio Desktop client for many LLM providers with a built-in MCP server manager. | Productivity | 61 | 52.4k | May 2024 |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | Jan Open source desktop app for running local models with MCP server support. | Productivity | 39 | 44.8k | Aug 2023 |
| 7 | Chatbox Desktop and mobile AI client for many providers with MCP server integration. | Productivity | 32 | 41.9k | Mar 2023 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 5ire Cross-platform desktop AI assistant and MCP client with local knowledge bases. | Productivity | 5.4 | 5.4k | Jan 2024 |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | Witsy Desktop AI assistant described as a universal MCP client; it runs MCP servers with virtually any LLM. | Productivity | 2.3 | 2k | Apr 2024 |
| 14 | 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 |