Best MCP Servers for Git & Code Hosting (2026)
Git servers that give AI clients real repository workflows: GitHub's official MCP server, git-mcp for remote repos, Git Ingest for feeding a codebase into context, GitLab MR tooling, and GitKraken's CLI for graph-based repo views.
This page collects the 6 MCP servers in our directory that genuinely cover git & code hosting — together they have 38,353 GitHub stars, and 0 of them run as hosted services you can connect to without installing anything. The highest-rated options are github/github-mcp-server, idosal/git-mcp, gitkraken/gk-cli.
How to choose
Use GitHub's official server for issues and PRs, git-mcp or Git Ingest to give a model read access to any repo, and the GitLab MR server if your team lives on GitLab.
github/github-mcp-server
by github
📇 ☁️ - Official GitHub server for integration with repository management, PRs, issues, and more.
npx -y github-github-mcp-serveridosal/git-mcp
by idosal
📇 ☁️ - is a generic remote MCP server to connect to ANY repository or project for documentation
npx -y mcp-remotegitkraken/gk-cli
by gitkraken
🎖️ 🏎️ 🏠 ☁️ 🍎 🪟 🐧 - A CLI for interacting with GitKraken APIs. Includes an MCP server via `gk mcp` that not only wraps GitKraken APIs, but also Jira, GitHub, GitLab, and more. Works with local to
npx -y gitkraken-gk-cliadhikasp/mcp-git-ingest
by adhikasp
🐍 🏠 - Read and analyze GitHub repositories with your LLM
npx -y adhikasp-mcp-git-ingestkopfrechner/gitlab-mr-mcp
by kopfrechner
📇 ☁️ - Interact seamlessly with issues and merge requests of your GitLab projects.
npx -y -y @smithery/cli@latestGitHub
by Anthropic
Interact with GitHub repositories, issues, pull requests, and workflows directly from Claude.
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-githubFrequently asked questions
What is the most popular MCP server for Git & Code Hosting?
github/github-mcp-server leads this list with 29,529 GitHub stars. 📇 ☁️ - Official GitHub server for integration with repository management, PRs, issues, and more.
Are these Git & Code Hosting MCP servers free to use?
5 of the 6 servers here publish a license in the directory (MIT, Apache-2.0, NOASSERTION). 0 of them run as hosted services you can connect to remotely; the rest you install and run yourself. Hosted services may have their own pricing.
How do I choose an MCP server for Git & Code Hosting?
Use GitHub's official server for issues and PRs, git-mcp or Git Ingest to give a model read access to any repo, and the GitLab MR server if your team lives on GitLab.