awesome-mcp

CLI and MCP stdio bridge for the awesome-mcp.tools catalog of 2,000+ MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers. Search the catalog from your terminal, or wire the hosted MCP server into Claude / Cursor / Codex / Cline / Windsurf.

# Install
npm install -g awesome-mcp        # or use npx (no install)

# Search the catalog
awesome-mcp search postgres
awesome-mcp top --language Python --limit 10
awesome-mcp trending
awesome-mcp info microsoft-playwright-mcp

# Run as an MCP stdio server (for Claude Desktop & other stdio-only clients)
awesome-mcp-bridge

What this is

Two things in one npm package:

1. awesome-mcp CLI — search 2,000+ MCP servers from the terminal. Pure node 18+, zero dependencies.
2. awesome-mcp-bridge — minimal stdio↔Streamable-HTTP MCP proxy. Lets stdio-only clients connect to the hosted MCP server at https://awesome-mcp.tools/mcp. ~100 lines, zero deps.

Both wrap the same backend at awesome-mcp.tools. The catalog is refreshed every 6 hours from the open-source ecosystem.

CLI usage

awesome-mcp search <query> [options]
awesome-mcp top [options]
awesome-mcp trending [options]
awesome-mcp hot [options]
awesome-mcp info <name> [--json]
awesome-mcp help

Filters: --source --category --tag --language --license
Options: --limit (1-100, default 20) --api <url> --json

Examples:

awesome-mcp search browser --source github --limit 20
awesome-mcp top --language Python
awesome-mcp trending --category "AI Tools"
awesome-mcp info markitdown

MCP bridge usage

The bridge lets stdio-only MCP clients (Claude Desktop, older Cline) talk to the hosted Streamable-HTTP server. It reads JSON-RPC from stdin, forwards to https://awesome-mcp.tools/mcp, streams the response back. Session ID is auto-managed.

Claude Desktop

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "awesome-mcp-tools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "-p", "awesome-mcp", "awesome-mcp-bridge"]
    }
  }
}

Or use Claude Desktop Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector with URL https://awesome-mcp.tools/mcp (newer versions only).

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json — Cursor supports remote URLs natively, no bridge needed:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "awesome-mcp-tools": {
      "url": "https://awesome-mcp.tools/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Codex CLI

Append to ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.awesome-mcp-tools]
url = "https://awesome-mcp.tools/mcp"

Cline

Cline VS Code panel → cline_mcp_settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "awesome-mcp-tools": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://awesome-mcp.tools/mcp",
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "awesome-mcp-tools": {
      "serverUrl": "https://awesome-mcp.tools/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Ready-to-paste copies in examples/.

Tools exposed by the MCP server

| Tool | Description | |---|---| | search_servers | Full-text search with filters (category, language, tag, license, source) | | get_server | Full details + README for one server by slug | | compare_servers | Side-by-side comparison of two servers | | list_categories | All categories with server counts | | list_languages | Programming languages with counts | | list_tags | Tags with counts | | list_trending | Top servers by 24-hour star growth | | list_hot | Featured / hot servers |

Full input/output schemas live at the live tools/list endpoint — see tools.json for an offline snapshot, or server card for transport metadata.

Smoke test

Verify the hosted endpoint without installing anything:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector --transport http https://awesome-mcp.tools/mcp

Or via raw curl:

curl -fsS -X POST https://awesome-mcp.tools/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json,text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"test","version":"1"}}}'

Endpoint

https://awesome-mcp.tools/mcp

• Transport: Streamable HTTP (MCP spec 2025-06-18)
• Auth: none (free, no API key)
• Server card: /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json
• Underlying REST API: /api/docs (OpenAPI 3.0)

Override the bridge target with AWESOME_MCP_URL=https://your-mirror/mcp awesome-mcp-bridge (useful for self-hosting or testing).

What's not in this repo

The hosted server backend (Go API, ingestion crawlers, SSR, OG image generation) is a separate proprietary codebase. This repo contains only:

• The awesome-mcp CLI source
• The awesome-mcp-bridge stdio→HTTP proxy source
• Client config examples
• Snapshot of the live tools/list response for offline reference

The catalog data served by the backend is open: each server entry preserves its upstream license. The backend code is not.

Tests

npm test

npm test runs the CLI lib tests (6 passing under node 18+). The bridge currently has only a manual smoke test against production (pipe a JSON-RPC initialize into bin/awesome-mcp-bridge.js); mock-based unit tests are on the roadmap for v0.2.1.

Status

Production-ready. awesome-mcp.tools is live, monitored, refreshed every 6 hours. Issues: github.com/adw0rd/awesome-mcp-tools-mcp/issues.

License

MIT.