Ranking
The Best MCP Servers (2026)
These are the most useful MCP servers for giving your AI agent tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex). Sorted by real GitHub popularity and explained in plain English.
Sorted by GitHub stars (real popularity), verified MCP servers only.
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Context7 MCP (Upstash)
MCPThe Context7 MCP: injects up-to-date documentation for any library into your agent's context so it doesn't hallucinate outdated APIs.
Claude Code★60k - 2
Chrome DevTools MCP (Google)
MCPThe official Chrome DevTools MCP: your agent opens Chrome, inspects console, network and performance, and runs Lighthouse.
General★53k - 3
codebase-memory-mcp
MCPIndexes repositories into a persistent knowledge graph and exposes code intelligence queries through MCP.
General★37k - 4
Playwright MCP (Microsoft)
MCPThe Playwright MCP: your agent controls a real browser to navigate, click, fill in forms and extract data.
Claude Code★35k - 5
GitHub MCP (official)
MCPThe official GitHub MCP: your agent manages repos, issues, pull requests and workflows in natural language.
Claude Code★32k - 6
Firecrawl MCP (official)
MCPThe official Firecrawl MCP: your agent scrapes, crawls sites and extracts structured data from the web.
General★7.1k - 7
Exa MCP (web search for agents)
MCPThe Exa MCP: high-quality semantic web search and crawling to give your agent fresh context.
General★4.8k - 8
Notion MCP (official)
MCPThe official Notion MCP: your agent searches, reads, creates and updates pages and databases in your workspace.
General★4.6k - 9
Cloudflare MCP (official)
MCPCloudflare's official suite of MCP servers: query documentation, Workers, analytics and configuration from your agent.
General★4.0k - 10
Supabase MCP (official)
MCPThe official Supabase MCP: connects your agent to your project to query the database, manage tables, run SQL and more.
Claude Code★2.8k
FAQ
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How do I install an MCP server?+
Most install with the claude mcp add command or by pasting their configuration into your client. Each listing has the exact method.