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github-twin MCP Server

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github-twin runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 151 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 2 Jul 2026.

Personal RAG over your GitHub history (commits, code, reviews), served to Claude Code over MCP.

Installs per day peak 89 · avg 30 · -16% w/w
a month agotoday
151
Installs / week
pypi · github-twin
0
Stars
1 open issue
2 Jul 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 5 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] src/github_twin/_version.py:1
этот файл ставится пользователю, но в репозитории его нет

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add github-twin -- uvx github-twin
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-twin": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "github-twin"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.github-twin]
command = "uvx"
args = ["github-twin"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-twin": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "github-twin"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "github-twin": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "github-twin"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: GITHUB_TOKEN (GitHub personal access token. Optional: github-twin can also pick the token up from `gh auth token` or from its own OAuth device-flow login (`gt auth login`)), ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (Optional. Enables the Claude backend for `gt summarize`, `gt distill`, and `gt eval`. Defaults to local Ollama when unset), GEMINI_API_KEY (Optional. Enables the Gemini backend for embedding and the LLM seam. Vertex AI ADC via `GT_GEMINI_PROJECT` is also supported), GT_PATHS__DATA_DIR (Optional. Override the on-disk data directory holding the SQLite index, embeddings, and cached GitHub responses. Defaults to `$XDG_DATA_HOME/github-twin`).

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github-twin — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for github-twin?
github-twin runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package github-twin was installed 151 times last week.
How do I connect github-twin?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls github-twin straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use github-twin?
The pypi package github-twin was installed 151 times in the last week. Week over week that is -16%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is github-twin open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.