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GitHub MCP Server

GitHub's own server for repos, issues, pull requests and Actions

★ Stars33.8k33,758 on GitHub
Last commit15 Oct 2026
LicenceMITSPDX, from the repository
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Maintained by GitHub. Gives agents tools for browsing code, managing issues and pull requests, reading workflow runs and security alerts. You can run it locally in Docker or use GitHub's hosted endpoint with OAuth.

At a glance

Runs asLocal, Remote
TypeMCP server
Maintained byOfficial
InstallRemote: https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/
Docker: ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:2.0.2

Sources: registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/io.github.github%2Fgithub-mcp-server/versions/latest · github.com/github/github-mcp-server, checked 19 Oct 2026. “Runs as” is from this listing. Blank means we haven't found it in official docs yet, not that it's unsupported.

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