MCP Gitlab MCP Server

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MCP Gitlab runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 2 101 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 23 Aug 2026.

MCP server for GitLab API — projects, MRs, pipelines, CI/CD, approvals, issues, code review.

Installs per day peak 3 383 · avg 432 · -61% w/w

a month agotoday

2 101

Installs / week

pypi · mcp-gitlab

Stars

3 open issues

23 Aug 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check MCP Gitlab 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 -- uvx mcp-gitlab

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp-gitlab]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-gitlab"]

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: GITLAB_TOKEN (GitLab personal access token (also accepts GITLAB_PAT or GITLAB_API_TOKEN)), GITLAB_URL (GitLab instance URL (e.g. https://gitlab.com)), GITLAB_READ_ONLY (Restrict to read-only operations (true/false)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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MCP Gitlab — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for MCP Gitlab?

MCP Gitlab 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 mcp-gitlab was installed 2 101 times last week.

How do I connect MCP Gitlab?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls mcp-gitlab straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use MCP Gitlab?

The pypi package mcp-gitlab was installed 2 101 times in the last week. Week over week that is -61%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is MCP Gitlab open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 6 stars on GitHub and 3 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.