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素晴らしいモデルコンテキストプロトコル（MCP）サーバーの厳選リスト。
* [MCPとは何ですか？](#what-is-mcp)
* [チュートリアル](#tutorials)
* [サーバー実装](#server-implementations)
* [フレームワーク](#frameworks)
* [ヒントとコツ](#tips-and-tricks)
* [MCPとは何ですか？](#MCPとは何ですか？)
* [チュートリアル](#チュートリアル)
* [コミュニティ](#コミュニティ)
* [凡例](#凡例)
* [サーバー実装](#サーバー実装)
* [フレームワーク](#フレームワーク)
* [ヒントとコツ](#ヒントとコツ)
## MCPとは何ですか？
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- [boilingdata/mcp-server-and-gw](https://github.com/boilingdata/mcp-server-and-gw) サンプルサーバーとMCPクライアントを備えたMCP stdioからHTTP SSEへのトランスポートゲートウェイ。
- [lightconetech/mcp-gateway](https://github.com/lightconetech/mcp-gateway) MCP SSEサーバーのゲートウェイデモ。
- [sparfenyuk/mcp-proxy](https://github.com/sparfenyuk/mcp-proxy) 🐍 MCP stdioからSSEへのトランスポートゲートウェイ。
- [NON906/omniparser-autogui-mcp](https://github.com/NON906/omniparser-autogui-mcp) 🐍 - 画面上のGUIの自動操作
- [kj455/mcp-kibela](https://github.com/kj455/mcp-kibela) - 📇 ☁️ [Kibela](https://kibe.la/)との連携
## フレームワーク

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精选的优秀模型上下文协议 (MCP) 服务器列表。
* [什么是MCP？](#what-is-mcp)
* [教程](#tutorials)
* [Server 实现](#server-implementations)
* [框架](#frameworks)
* [实用工具](#utilities)
* [客户端](#clients)
* [提示和技巧](#tips-and-tricks)
* [什么是MCP？](#什么是MCP？)
* [教程](#教程)
* [社区](#社区)
* [说明](#说明)
* [Server 实现](#服务器实现)
* [框架](#框架)
* [实用工具](#实用工具)
* [客户端](#客户端)
* [提示和技巧](#提示和技巧)
## 什么是MCP？
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- [domdomegg/airtable-mcp-server](https://github.com/domdomegg/airtable-mcp-server) 📇 🏠 - Airtable 数据库集成，具有架构检查、读写功能
- [LucasHild/mcp-server-bigquery](https://github.com/LucasHild/mcp-server-bigquery) 🐍 ☁️ - BigQuery 数据库集成了架构检查和查询功能
- [ergut/mcp-bigquery-server](https://github.com/ergut/mcp-bigquery-server) 📇 ☁️ - Google BigQuery 集成的服务器实现，可实现直接 BigQuery 数据库访问和查询功能
- [ClickHouse/mcp-clickhouse](https://github.com/ClickHouse/mcp-clickhouse) 🐍 ☁️ - ClickHouse 数据库集成，支持数据库架构检查和查询功能
- [ClickHouse/mcp-clickhouse](https://github.com/ClickHouse/mcp-clickhouse) 🐍 ☁️ - 集成 Apache Kafka 和 Timeplus。可以获取Kafka中的最新数据，并通过 Timeplus 来 SQL 查询。
- [jovezhong/mcp-timeplus](https://github.com/jovezhong/mcp-timeplus) 🐍 ☁️ - MCP server for Apache Kafka and Timeplus. Able to list Kafka topics, poll Kafka messages, save Kafka data locally and query streaming data with SQL via Timeplus
- [@fireproof-storage/mcp-database-server](https://github.com/fireproof-storage/mcp-database-server) 📇 ☁️ - Fireproof 分布式账本数据库，支持多用户数据同步
- [designcomputer/mysql_mcp_server](https://github.com/designcomputer/mysql_mcp_server) 🐍 🏠 - MySQL 数据库集成可配置的访问控制、模式检查和全面的安全指南
- [f4ww4z/mcp-mysql-server](https://github.com/f4ww4z/mcp-mysql-server) 🐍 🏠 - 基于 Node.js 的 MySQL 数据库集成，提供安全的 MySQL 数据库操作
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- [exa-labs/exa-mcp-server](https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server) 🎖️ 📇 ☁️ – 模型上下文协议 (MCP) 服务器让 Claude 等 AI 助手可以使用 Exa AI Search API 进行网络搜索。此设置允许 AI 模型以安全且可控的方式获取实时网络信息。
- [fatwang2/search1api-mcp](https://github.com/fatwang2/search1api-mcp) 📇 ☁️ - 通过 search1api 搜索（需要付费 API 密钥）
- [Tomatio13/mcp-server-tavily](https://github.com/Tomatio13/mcp-server-tavily) ☁️ 🐍 – Tavily AI 搜索 API
- [kshern/mcp-tavily](https://github.com/kshern/mcp-tavily.git) ☁️ 📇 – Tavily AI 搜索 API
- [blazickjp/arxiv-mcp-server](https://github.com/blazickjp/arxiv-mcp-server) ☁️ 🐍 - 搜索 ArXiv 研究论文
- [mzxrai/mcp-webresearch](https://github.com/mzxrai/mcp-webresearch) 🔍📚 - 在 Google 上搜索并对任何主题进行深度研究
- [andybrandt/mcp-simple-arxiv](https://github.com/andybrandt/mcp-simple-arxiv) - 🐍 ☁️ MCP for LLM 用于搜索和阅读 arXiv 上的论文)
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- [akseyh/bear-mcp-server](https://github.com/akseyh/bear-mcp-server) - 允许 AI 读取您的 Bear Notes（仅支持 macOS）
- [ws-mcp](https://github.com/nick1udwig/ws-mcp) - 使用 WebSocket 包装 MCP 服务器（用于 [kitbitz](https://github.com/nick1udwig/kibitz)）
- [AbdelStark/bitcoin-mcp](https://github.com/AbdelStark/bitcoin-mcp) - ₿ 一个模型上下文协议（MCP）服务器，使 AI 模型能够与比特币交互，允许它们生成密钥、验证地址、解码交易、查询区块链等
- [kj455/mcp-kibela](https://github.com/kj455/mcp-kibela) - 📇 ☁️ [Kibela](https://kibe.la/) 与 MCP 的集成
## 框架
- [FastMCP](https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp) 🐍 - 用于在 Python 中构建 MCP 服务器的高级框架

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- [@recursechat/mcp-server-apple-shortcuts](https://github.com/recursechat/mcp-server-apple-shortcuts) 📇 🏠 🍎 - An MCP Server Integration with Apple Shortcuts
- [@kimtth/mcp-aoai-web-browsing](https://github.com/kimtth/mcp-aoai-web-browsing) 🐍 🏠 - A `minimal` server/client MCP implementation using Azure OpenAI and Playwright.
- [@pskill9/web-search](https://github.com/pskill9/web-search) 📇 🏠 - An MCP server that enables free web searching using Google search results, with no API keys required.
- [@co-browser/browser-use-mcp-server](https://github.com/co-browser/browser-use-mcp-server) 🌐🔮 - browser-use packaged as an MCP server with SSE transport. includes a dockerfile to run chromium in docker + a vnc server.
### 🎨 <a name="art-and-culture"></a>Art & Culture
@@ -153,6 +154,8 @@ Secure database access with schema inspection capabilities. Enables querying and
- [LucasHild/mcp-server-bigquery](https://github.com/LucasHild/mcp-server-bigquery) 🐍 ☁️ - BigQuery database integration with schema inspection and query capabilities
- [ergut/mcp-bigquery-server](https://github.com/ergut/mcp-bigquery-server) 📇 ☁️ - Server implementation for Google BigQuery integration that enables direct BigQuery database access and querying capabilities
- [ClickHouse/mcp-clickhouse](https://github.com/ClickHouse/mcp-clickhouse) 🐍 ☁️ - ClickHouse database integration with schema inspection and query capabilities
- [@gannonh/firebase-mcp](https://github.com/gannonh/firebase-mcp) 🔥 ⛅️ - Firebase services including Auth, Firestore and Storage.
- [jovezhong/mcp-timeplus](https://github.com/jovezhong/mcp-timeplus) 🐍 ☁️ - MCP server for Apache Kafka and Timeplus. Able to list Kafka topics, poll Kafka messages, save Kafka data locally and query streaming data with SQL via Timeplus
- [@fireproof-storage/mcp-database-server](https://github.com/fireproof-storage/mcp-database-server) 📇 ☁️ - Fireproof ledger database with multi-user sync
- [designcomputer/mysql_mcp_server](https://github.com/designcomputer/mysql_mcp_server) 🐍 🏠 - MySQL database integration with configurable access controls, schema inspection, and comprehensive security guidelines
- [f4ww4z/mcp-mysql-server](https://github.com/f4ww4z/mcp-mysql-server) 🐍 🏠 - Node.js-based MySQL database integration that provides secure MySQL database operations
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- [@joshuarileydev/supabase-mcp-server](https://github.com/joshuarileydev/supabase) - Supabase MCP Server for managing and creating projects and organisations in Supabase
- [@alexanderzuev/supabase-mcp-server](https://github.com/alexander-zuev/supabase-mcp-server) - Supabase MCP Server with support for SQL query execution and database exploration tools
- [ktanaka101/mcp-server-duckdb](https://github.com/ktanaka101/mcp-server-duckdb) 🐍 🏠 - DuckDB database integration with schema inspection and query capabilities
- [furey/mongodb-lens](https://github.com/furey/mongodb-lens) 📇 🏠 - MongoDB Lens: Full Featured MCP Server for MongoDB Databases
- [QuantGeekDev/mongo-mcp](https://github.com/QuantGeekDev/mongo-mcp) 📇 🏠 - MongoDB integration that enables LLMs to interact directly with databases.
- [tinybirdco/mcp-tinybird](https://github.com/tinybirdco/mcp-tinybird) 🐍 ☁️ - Tinybird integration with query and API capabilities
- [kiliczsh/mcp-mongo-server](https://github.com/kiliczsh/mcp-mongo-server) 📇 🏠 - A Model Context Protocol Server for MongoDB
- [tinybirdco/mcp-tinybird](https://github.com/tinybirdco/mcp-tinybird) 🐍 ☁️ - Tinybird integration with query and API capabilities
- [KashiwaByte/vikingdb-mcp-server](https://github.com/KashiwaByte/vikingdb-mcp-server) 🐍 ☁️ - VikingDB integration with collection and index introduction, vector store and search capabilities.
- [neo4j-contrib/mcp-neo4j](https://github.com/neo4j-contrib/mcp-neo4j) 🐍 🏠 - Model Context Protocol with Neo4j
- [niledatabase/nile-mcp-server](https://github.com/niledatabase/nile-mcp-server) MCP server for Nile's Postgres platform - Manage and query Postgres databases, tenants, users, auth using LLMs
- [isaacwasserman/mcp-snowflake-server](https://github.com/isaacwasserman/mcp-snowflake-server) 🐍 ☁️ - Snowflake integration implementing read and (optional) write operations as well as insight tracking
- [hannesrudolph/sqlite-explorer-fastmcp-mcp-server](https://github.com/hannesrudolph/sqlite-explorer-fastmcp-mcp-server) 🐍 🏠 - An MCP server that provides safe, read-only access to SQLite databases through Model Context Protocol (MCP). This server is built with the FastMCP framework, which enables LLMs to explore and query SQLite databases with built-in safety features and query validation.
- [sirmews/mcp-pinecone](https://github.com/sirmews/mcp-pinecone) 🐍 ☁️ - Pinecone integration with vector search capabilities
- [runekaagaard/mcp-alchemy](https://github.com/runekaagaard/mcp-alchemy) 🐍 🏠 - Universal SQLAlchemy-based database integration supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, Oracle, MS SQL Server and many more databases. Features schema and relationship inspection, and large dataset analysis capabilities.
- [pab1it0/adx-mcp-server](https://github.com/pab1it0/adx-mcp-server) 🐍 ☁️ - Query and analyze Azure Data Explorer databases
- [neondatabase/mcp-server-neon](https://github.com/neondatabase/mcp-server-neon) 📇 ☁️ — An MCP Server for creating and managing Postgres databases using Neon Serverless Postgres
- [bytebase/dbhub](https://github.com/bytebase/dbhub) 📇 🏠 – Universal database MCP server supporting mainstream databases.
### 💻 <a name="developer-tools"></a>Developer Tools
Tools and integrations that enhance the development workflow and environment management.
- [Coment-ML/Opik-MCP](https://github.com/comet-ml/opik-mcp) 🎖️ 📇 ☁️ 🏠 - Talk to your LLM observability, traces and monitoring captured by Opik using natural language.
- [GLips/Figma-Context-MCP](https://github.com/GLips/Figma-Context-MCP) 📇 🏠 - Provide coding agents direct access to Figma data to help them one-shot design implementation.
- [QuantGeekDev/docker-mcp](https://github.com/QuantGeekDev/docker-mcp) 🏎️ 🏠 - Docker container management and operations through MCP
- [zcaceres/fetch-mcp](https://github.com/zcaceres/fetch-mcp) 📇 🏠 - An MCP server to flexibly fetch JSON, text, and HTML data
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- [@lamemind/mcp-server-multiverse](https://github.com/lamemind/mcp-server-multiverse) 📇 🏠 🛠️ - A middleware server that enables multiple isolated instances of the same MCP servers to coexist independently with unique namespaces and configurations.
- [@j4c0bs/mcp-server-sql-analyzer](https://github.com/j4c0bs/mcp-server-sql-analyzer) 🐍 - MCP server that provides SQL analysis, linting, and dialect conversion using [SQLGlot](https://github.com/tobymao/sqlglot)
- [@haris-musa/excel-mcp-server](https://github.com/haris-musa/excel-mcp-server) 🐍 🏠 - An Excel manipulation server providing workbook creation, data operations, formatting, and advanced features (charts, pivot tables, formulae).
- [@jasonjmcghee/claude-debugs-for-you](https://github.com/jasonjmcghee/claude-debugs-for-you) 📇 🏠 - An MCP Server and VS Code Extension which enables (language agnostic) automatic debugging via breakpoints and expression evaluation.
### 🧮 Data Science Tools
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- [QuantGeekDev/coincap-mcp](https://github.com/QuantGeekDev/coincap-mcp) 📇 ☁️ - Real-time cryptocurrency market data integration using CoinCap's public API, providing access to crypto prices and market information without API keys
- [anjor/coinmarket-mcp-server](https://github.com/anjor/coinmarket-mcp-server) 🐍 ☁️ - Coinmarket API integration to fetch cryptocurrency listings and quotes
- [berlinbra/alpha-vantage-mcp](https://github.com/berlinbra/alpha-vantage-mcp) 🐍 ☁️ - Alpha Vantage API integration to fetch both stock and crypto information
- [ferdousbhai/tasty-agent] (https://github.com/ferdousbhai/tasty-agent) 🐍 ☁️ - Tastyworks API integration to handle trading activities on Tastytrade
- [ferdousbhai/tasty-agent](https://github.com/ferdousbhai/tasty-agent) 🐍 ☁️ - Tastyworks API integration to handle trading activities on Tastytrade
- [ferdousbhai/investor-agent](https://github.com/ferdousbhai/investor-agent) 🐍 ☁️ - Yahoo Finance integration to fetch stock market data including options recommendations
- [kukapay/cryptopanic-mcp-server](https://github.com/kukapay/cryptopanic-mcp-server) 🐍 ☁️ - Providing latest cryptocurrency news to AI agents, powered by CryptoPanic.
- [kukapay/whale-tracker-mcp](https://github.com/kukapay/whale-tracker-mcp) 🐍 ☁️ - A mcp server for tracking cryptocurrency whale transactions.
### 🧠 <a name="knowledge--memory"></a>Knowledge & Memory
@@ -229,6 +241,7 @@ Persistent memory storage using knowledge graph structures. Enables AI models to
- [/topoteretes/cognee](https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/tree/dev/cognee-mcp) 📇 🏠 - Memory manager for AI apps and Agents using various graph and vector stores and allowing ingestion from 30+ data sources
- [@hannesrudolph/mcp-ragdocs](https://github.com/hannesrudolph/mcp-ragdocs) 🐍 🏠 - An MCP server implementation that provides tools for retrieving and processing documentation through vector search, enabling AI assistants to augment their responses with relevant documentation context
- [@kaliaboi/mcp-zotero](https://github.com/kaliaboi/mcp-zotero) 📇 ☁️ - A connector for LLMs to work with collections and sources on your Zotero Cloud
- [mcp-summarizer](https://github.com/0xshellming/mcp-summarizer) 📕 ☁️ - AI Summarization MCP Server, Support for multiple content types: Plain text, Web pages, PDF documents, EPUB books, HTML content
### 🗺️ <a name="location-services"></a>Location Services
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- [exa-labs/exa-mcp-server](https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server) 🎖️ 📇 ☁️ – A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server lets AI assistants like Claude use the Exa AI Search API for web searches. This setup allows AI models to get real-time web information in a safe and controlled way.
- [fatwang2/search1api-mcp](https://github.com/fatwang2/search1api-mcp) 📇 ☁️ - Search via search1api (requires paid API key)
- [Tomatio13/mcp-server-tavily](https://github.com/Tomatio13/mcp-server-tavily) ☁️ 🐍 – Tavily AI search API
- [kshern/mcp-tavily](https://github.com/kshern/mcp-tavily.git) ☁️ 📇 – Tavily AI search API
- [blazickjp/arxiv-mcp-server](https://github.com/blazickjp/arxiv-mcp-server) ☁️ 🐍 - Search ArXiv research papers
- [mzxrai/mcp-webresearch](https://github.com/mzxrai/mcp-webresearch) 🔍📚 - Search Google and do deep web research on any topic
- [andybrandt/mcp-simple-arxiv](https://github.com/andybrandt/mcp-simple-arxiv) - 🐍 ☁️ MCP for LLM to search and read papers from arXiv
@@ -275,6 +289,7 @@ Access and analyze application monitoring data. Enables AI models to review erro
- [chanmeng/google-news-mcp-server](https://github.com/ChanMeng666/server-google-news) 📇 ☁️ - Google News integration with automatic topic categorization, multi-language support, and comprehensive search capabilities including headlines, stories, and related topics through [SerpAPI](https://serpapi.com/).
- [devflowinc/trieve](https://github.com/devflowinc/trieve/tree/main/clients/mcp-server) 🎖️📇☁️🏠 - Crawl, embed, chunk, search, and retrieve information from datasets through [Trieve](https://trieve.ai)
- [nickclyde/duckduckgo-mcp-server](https://github.com/nickclyde/duckduckgo-mcp-server) 🐍 ☁️ - Web search using DuckDuckGo
- [zhsama/duckduckgo-mcp-server](https://github.com/zhsama/duckduckgo-mpc-server/) 📇 🏠 ☁️ - This is a TypeScript-based MCP server that provides DuckDuckGo search functionality.
### 🔒 <a name="security"></a>Security
@@ -312,6 +327,7 @@ Interact with Git repositories and version control platforms. Enables repository
- [MarkusPfundstein/mcp-obsidian](https://github.com/MarkusPfundstein/mcp-obsidian) 🐍 ☁️ 🏠 - Interacting with Obsidian via REST API
- [calclavia/mcp-obsidian](https://github.com/calclavia/mcp-obsidian) 📇 🏠 - This is a connector to allow Claude Desktop (or any MCP client) to read and search any directory containing Markdown notes (such as an Obsidian vault).
- [anaisbetts/mcp-youtube](https://github.com/anaisbetts/mcp-youtube) 📇 ☁️ - Fetch YouTube subtitles
- [Seym0n/tiktok-mcp](https://github.com/Seym0n/tiktok-mcp) 📇 ☁️ - Interact with TikTok videos
- [danhilse/notion_mcp](https://github.com/danhilse/notion_mcp) 🐍 ☁️ - Integrates with Notion's API to manage personal todo lists
- [rusiaaman/wcgw](https://github.com/rusiaaman/wcgw/blob/main/src/wcgw/client/mcp_server/Readme.md) 🐍 🏠 - Autonomous shell execution, computer control and coding agent. (Mac)
- [reeeeemo/ancestry-mcp](https://github.com/reeeeemo/ancestry-mcp) 🐍 🏠 - Allows the AI to read .ged files and genetic data
@@ -349,7 +365,12 @@ Interact with Git repositories and version control platforms. Enables repository
- [roychri/mcp-server-asana](https://github.com/roychri/mcp-server-asana) - 📇 ☁️ This Model Context Protocol server implementation of Asana allows you to talk to Asana API from MCP Client such as Anthropic's Claude Desktop Application, and many more.
- [ws-mcp](https://github.com/nick1udwig/ws-mcp) - Wrap MCP servers with a WebSocket (for use with [kitbitz](https://github.com/nick1udwig/kibitz))
- [AbdelStark/bitcoin-mcp](https://github.com/AbdelStark/bitcoin-mcp) - ₿ A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI models to interact with Bitcoin, allowing them to generate keys, validate addresses, decode transactions, query the blockchain, and more.
- [tomekkorbak/strava-mcp-server](https://github.com/tomekkorbak/strava-mcp-server) 🐍 ☁️ - An MCP server for Strava, an app for tracking physical exercise
- [tomekkorbak/oura-mcp-server](https://github.com/tomekkorbak/oura-mcp-server) 🐍 ☁️ - An MCP server for Oura, an app for tracking sleep
- [rember/rember-mcp](https://github.com/rember/rember-mcp) 📇 🏠 - Create spaced repetition flashcards in [Rember](https://rember.com) to remember anything you learn in your chats.
- [@makehq/mcp-server](https://github.com/integromat/make-mcp-server) 🎖️ 📇 🏠 - Turn your [Make](https://www.make.com/) scenarios into callable tools for AI assistants.
- [NON906/omniparser-autogui-mcp](https://github.com/NON906/omniparser-autogui-mcp) - 🐍 Automatic operation of on-screen GUI.
- [kj455/mcp-kibela](https://github.com/kj455/mcp-kibela) - 📇 ☁️ Allows AI models to interact with [Kibela](https://kibe.la/)
## Frameworks
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- [salty-flower/ModelContextProtocol.NET](https://github.com/salty-flower/ModelContextProtocol.NET) #️⃣ 🏠 - A C# SDK for building MCP servers on .NET 9 with NativeAOT compatibility ⚡ 🔌
- [spring-ai-mcp](https://github.com/spring-projects-experimental/spring-ai-mcp) ☕ 🌱 - Java SDK and Spring Framework integration for building MCP client and MCP servers with various, plugable, transport options.
- [@marimo-team/codemirror-mcp](https://github.com/marimo-team/codemirror-mcp) - CodeMirror extension that implements the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for resource mentions and prompt commands.
- [mcp-agent](https://github.com/lastmile-ai/mcp-agent) 🤖 🔌 - Build effective agents with MCP servers using simple, composable patterns.
## Utilities