Github MCP Server

by jaimenbell Your server? Claim it

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Github MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 101 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 12 Aug 2026.

MCP server for the GitHub REST API: issues, PRs, repos; read always on, write env-gated.

Installs per day peak 39 · avg 14 · -5% w/w

a month agotoday

101

Installs / week

pypi · jaimenbell-github-mcp

Stars

0 open issues

12 Aug 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Github MCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add github-mcp -- uvx jaimenbell-github-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "jaimenbell-github-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.github-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["jaimenbell-github-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "jaimenbell-github-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "github-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "jaimenbell-github-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Github MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Github MCP?

Github MCP 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 jaimenbell-github-mcp was installed 101 times last week.

How do I connect Github MCP?

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 jaimenbell-github-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Github MCP?

The pypi package jaimenbell-github-mcp was installed 101 times in the last week. Week over week that is -5%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Github MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.