GitLab MCP Server

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GitLab MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 93 installs a week from npm. Last commit 17 Oct 2026.

Developer-ready GitLab MCP server for CE and EE instances.

Installs per day peak 262 · avg 15 · -75% w/w

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · @sumirati/mcp-gitlab

Stars

0 open issues

17 Oct 2026

Last commit

8 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

JavaScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check GitLab MCP Server 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 mcp-gitlab -e 'GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @sumirati/mcp-gitlab

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-gitlab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sumirati/mcp-gitlab"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp-gitlab]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@sumirati/mcp-gitlab"]
env = { GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN = "<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>" }

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-gitlab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sumirati/mcp-gitlab"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-gitlab": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sumirati/mcp-gitlab"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own value in place of <GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN> (GitLab Personal Access Token with api scope). The author’s registry entry marks it as required.

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: GITLAB_API_URL (GitLab instance API URL (defaults to https://gitlab.com/api/v4)), GITLAB_READ_ONLY (Enable read-only safety mode (true/false, default: false)), GITLAB_EXPOSE_ALL_TOOLS (Set to true to expose all 90 catalog actions directly on ListTools instead of the 5-tool hybrid surface), MCP_OUTPUT_FORMAT (Default output format: 'markdown' (default, compact tables) or 'json').

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GitLab MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for GitLab MCP Server?

GitLab MCP Server 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 npm package @sumirati/mcp-gitlab was installed 93 times last week.

How do I connect GitLab MCP Server?

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 @sumirati/mcp-gitlab straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use GitLab MCP Server?

The npm package @sumirati/mcp-gitlab was installed 93 times in the last week. Week over week that is -75%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is GitLab MCP Server open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 1 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.