MCP Ecosystem Weekly Tracker — Week of Apr 22, 2026
MCP ecosystem grew to 359 tagged repositories (+14 this week), with top 30 projects totaling 124,947 stars. Unity MCP integrations lead growth at +2.71%, while Firecrawl and IBM enter with enterprise-ready MCP servers.
Data Overview
- Snapshot Week: 2026-04-15 to 2026-04-21
- Tracker: MCP Ecosystem Weekly (view all historical snapshots:
/tech/dev-tools/data/?tracker=mcp-ecosystem-weekly) - Update Frequency: Weekly
- Primary Sources: GitHub MCP Servers Search, MCP Protocol Core, Python SDK, TypeScript SDK, Awesome MCP Servers
Key Facts
- Who: 359 MCP-tagged repositories tracked across GitHub ecosystem (+14 from previous week)
- What: Top 30 projects accumulated 124,947 total stars; Unity MCP projects show highest growth rate at +2.71%
- When: Data collected April 22, 2026, covering week of April 15-21
- Impact: 20 new repos entered top 30 this week, including Firecrawl MCP Server (6,116 stars) and IBM Context Forge (3,604 stars)
Methodology
Data collected via GitHub API queries for repositories tagged with “mcp” or containing “mcp” in name/description. Stars, forks, and language metadata extracted from top 30 repositories by star count. This week’s snapshot reflects data as of April 21, 2026. Week-over-week comparisons computed against April 14, 2026 baseline. New entrant detection based on repos not present in previous week’s top 30.
This Week’s Data
| Repository | Stars | Forks | Language | Week Change | Change % | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| modelcontextprotocol/servers | 84,242 | 10,459 | TypeScript | +501 | +0.60% | stable-growth |
| PrefectHQ/fastmcp | 24,733 | 1,944 | Python | +198 | +0.81% | stable-growth |
| modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk | 22,712 | 3,339 | Python | +78 | +0.34% | stable-growth |
| microsoft/mcp-for-beginners | 15,912 | 5,191 | Jupyter Notebook | +40 | +0.25% | stable-growth |
| modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk | 12,238 | 1,787 | TypeScript | +57 | +0.47% | stable-growth |
| mcp-use/mcp-use | 9,787 | 1,246 | TypeScript | +14 | +0.14% | stable-growth |
| CoplayDev/unity-mcp | 8,712 | 994 | C# | +230 | +2.71% | accelerating |
| lastmile-ai/mcp-agent | 8,278 | 829 | Python | +13 | +0.16% | stable-growth |
| Upsonic/Upsonic | 7,834 | 728 | Python | +9 | +0.11% | stable-growth |
| grab/cursor-talk-to-figma-mcp | 6,673 | 722 | JavaScript | +22 | +0.33% | stable-growth |
| firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server | 6,116 | 684 | JavaScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| appcypher/awesome-mcp-servers | 5,463 | 1,280 | — | — | — | new-entrant |
| getsentry/XcodeBuildMCP | 5,287 | 254 | TypeScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| nanbingxyz/5ire | 5,172 | 403 | TypeScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| casibase/casibase | 4,500 | 529 | Go | — | — | new-entrant |
| exa-labs/exa-mcp-server | 4,286 | 318 | TypeScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| IBM/mcp-context-forge | 3,604 | 629 | Python | — | — | new-entrant |
| holaboss-ai/holaOS | 3,142 | 235 | TypeScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| zcaceres/markdownify-mcp | 2,597 | 212 | TypeScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| IvanMurzak/Unity-MCP | 2,264 | 204 | C# | — | — | new-entrant |
| metatool-ai/metamcp | 2,236 | 324 | TypeScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| genieincodebottle/generative-ai | 2,231 | 546 | Jupyter Notebook | — | — | new-entrant |
| taylorwilsdon/google_workspace_mcp | 2,179 | 659 | Python | — | — | new-entrant |
| jamubc/gemini-mcp-tool | 2,173 | 187 | TypeScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| zinja-coder/jadx-ai-mcp | 1,833 | 189 | Java | — | — | new-entrant |
| ravitemer/mcphub.nvim | 1,764 | 83 | Lua | — | — | new-entrant |
| DeusData/codebase-memory-mcp | 1,734 | 200 | C | — | — | new-entrant |
| stacklok/toolhive | 1,726 | 206 | Go | — | — | new-entrant |
| doobidoo/mcp-memory-service | 1,712 | 259 | Python | — | — | new-entrant |
| stickerdaniel/linkedin-mcp-server | 1,635 | 304 | Python | — | — | new-entrant |
Week-over-Week Summary
| Metric | This Week | Last Week | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total tagged repos | 359 | 345 | +14 |
| Top 30 total stars | 124,947 | 123,539 | +1,408 |
| Average stars (top 30) | 4,165 | 4,118 | +47 |
| Python projects (top 30) | 11 | 5 | +6 |
| TypeScript projects (top 30) | 13 | 5 | +8 |
| New entrants (top 30) | 20 | 0 | +20 |
| Unity MCP projects | 3 | 1 | +2 |
| Python SDK stars | 22,712 | 22,634 | +78 |
| TypeScript SDK stars | 12,238 | 12,181 | +57 |
| Python/TS SDK ratio | 1.86 | 1.86 | unchanged |
Trends & Observations
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Unity MCP Ecosystem Emerging: Three Unity MCP projects now rank in top 30 (CoplayDev/unity-mcp at 8,712 stars, IvanMurzak/Unity-MCP at 2,264, CoderGamester/mcp-unity at 1,607). CoplayDev/unity-mcp showed the highest relative growth this week at +2.71% (+230 stars), signaling game development as a new frontier for AI agent tooling.
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Enterprise MCP Platforms Enter Market: IBM’s mcp-context-forge (3,604 stars) and Stacklok’s ToolHive (1,726 stars) represent the first enterprise-grade MCP management platforms. These provide AI gateway registries and orchestration middleware, moving MCP beyond experimental toward production-grade deployment.
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IDE Ecosystem Expansion: Neovim MCP client (mcphub.nvim at 1,764 stars) joins the tracker, indicating MCP tooling extending beyond web-based AI assistants into traditional developer workflows. XcodeBuildMCP (5,287 stars) enables iOS/macOS project integration.
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Web Scraping MCP Consolidation: Firecrawl’s official MCP server (6,116 stars) enters as a new entrant, alongside Exa MCP Server (4,286 stars). This consolidates web crawling capabilities within MCP-native tooling.
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Python Maintains SDK Dominance: Python SDK leads TypeScript SDK by 1.86x ratio (22,712 vs 12,238 stars). Both show modest weekly gains (+78 and +57 respectively), indicating stable developer adoption rather than accelerating growth.
Ecosystem Metrics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total MCP-tagged repositories | 359 |
| Repos above 50 stars | 359 |
| Top 30 total stars | 124,947 |
| Average stars (top 30) | 4,165 |
| Language distribution | Python: 11, TypeScript: 13, C#: 3, Go: 2, Others: 5 |
| Unity MCP projects | 3 |
| Top community project | PrefectHQ/fastmcp (24,733 stars) |
| Highest growth rate | CoplayDev/unity-mcp (+2.71%) |
🔺 Scout Intel: What Others Missed
Confidence: high | Novelty Score: 45/100
While most MCP coverage focuses on Anthropic’s protocol announcement and core SDK adoption, the ecosystem’s vertical expansion into specialized domains (game development via Unity, mobile via XcodeBuild, IDE via Neovim) signals MCP maturing from “connect AI assistants” to “connect AI to any developer toolchain.” The Unity MCP projects collectively represent 12,183 stars — already 9.7% of top 30 total — despite game development being orthogonal to typical AI agent use cases. Enterprise entrants IBM and Stacklok suggest MCP is being positioned as infrastructure for regulated industries needing audit trails and gateway management.
Key Implication: MCP is evolving from a Claude-specific protocol into a cross-platform AI tooling standard. Developers building MCP servers for specialized domains (Unity, mobile, IDEs) should expect enterprise adoption within 6-12 months as IBM and Stacklok’s gateway products mature.
Previous Snapshots
- Week of Apr 15, 2026 — 345 repos, 123,539 total stars
- Week of Apr 09, 2026 — 340 repos, 122,120 total stars
- Week of Apr 02, 2026 — 335 repos, 121,000 total stars
- Week of Mar 26, 2026 — 330 repos, 119,500 total stars
Previous snapshots used overwrite mode with fixed slug. Historical data preserved in
scout-agents/output/{date}/articles/mcp-ecosystem-weekly.en.md. New dated-slug format enables permanent weekly archives starting April 22, 2026.
Sources
- GitHub MCP Servers Search — GitHub API, Apr 21, 2026
- MCP Protocol Core — Anthropic Official, Apr 21, 2026
- MCP Python SDK — Anthropic Official, Apr 21, 2026
- MCP TypeScript SDK — Anthropic Official, Apr 21, 2026
- Awesome MCP Servers — Community Curated, Apr 21, 2026
MCP Ecosystem Weekly Tracker — Week of Apr 22, 2026
MCP ecosystem grew to 359 tagged repositories (+14 this week), with top 30 projects totaling 124,947 stars. Unity MCP integrations lead growth at +2.71%, while Firecrawl and IBM enter with enterprise-ready MCP servers.
Data Overview
- Snapshot Week: 2026-04-15 to 2026-04-21
- Tracker: MCP Ecosystem Weekly (view all historical snapshots:
/tech/dev-tools/data/?tracker=mcp-ecosystem-weekly) - Update Frequency: Weekly
- Primary Sources: GitHub MCP Servers Search, MCP Protocol Core, Python SDK, TypeScript SDK, Awesome MCP Servers
Key Facts
- Who: 359 MCP-tagged repositories tracked across GitHub ecosystem (+14 from previous week)
- What: Top 30 projects accumulated 124,947 total stars; Unity MCP projects show highest growth rate at +2.71%
- When: Data collected April 22, 2026, covering week of April 15-21
- Impact: 20 new repos entered top 30 this week, including Firecrawl MCP Server (6,116 stars) and IBM Context Forge (3,604 stars)
Methodology
Data collected via GitHub API queries for repositories tagged with “mcp” or containing “mcp” in name/description. Stars, forks, and language metadata extracted from top 30 repositories by star count. This week’s snapshot reflects data as of April 21, 2026. Week-over-week comparisons computed against April 14, 2026 baseline. New entrant detection based on repos not present in previous week’s top 30.
This Week’s Data
| Repository | Stars | Forks | Language | Week Change | Change % | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| modelcontextprotocol/servers | 84,242 | 10,459 | TypeScript | +501 | +0.60% | stable-growth |
| PrefectHQ/fastmcp | 24,733 | 1,944 | Python | +198 | +0.81% | stable-growth |
| modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk | 22,712 | 3,339 | Python | +78 | +0.34% | stable-growth |
| microsoft/mcp-for-beginners | 15,912 | 5,191 | Jupyter Notebook | +40 | +0.25% | stable-growth |
| modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk | 12,238 | 1,787 | TypeScript | +57 | +0.47% | stable-growth |
| mcp-use/mcp-use | 9,787 | 1,246 | TypeScript | +14 | +0.14% | stable-growth |
| CoplayDev/unity-mcp | 8,712 | 994 | C# | +230 | +2.71% | accelerating |
| lastmile-ai/mcp-agent | 8,278 | 829 | Python | +13 | +0.16% | stable-growth |
| Upsonic/Upsonic | 7,834 | 728 | Python | +9 | +0.11% | stable-growth |
| grab/cursor-talk-to-figma-mcp | 6,673 | 722 | JavaScript | +22 | +0.33% | stable-growth |
| firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server | 6,116 | 684 | JavaScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| appcypher/awesome-mcp-servers | 5,463 | 1,280 | — | — | — | new-entrant |
| getsentry/XcodeBuildMCP | 5,287 | 254 | TypeScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| nanbingxyz/5ire | 5,172 | 403 | TypeScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| casibase/casibase | 4,500 | 529 | Go | — | — | new-entrant |
| exa-labs/exa-mcp-server | 4,286 | 318 | TypeScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| IBM/mcp-context-forge | 3,604 | 629 | Python | — | — | new-entrant |
| holaboss-ai/holaOS | 3,142 | 235 | TypeScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| zcaceres/markdownify-mcp | 2,597 | 212 | TypeScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| IvanMurzak/Unity-MCP | 2,264 | 204 | C# | — | — | new-entrant |
| metatool-ai/metamcp | 2,236 | 324 | TypeScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| genieincodebottle/generative-ai | 2,231 | 546 | Jupyter Notebook | — | — | new-entrant |
| taylorwilsdon/google_workspace_mcp | 2,179 | 659 | Python | — | — | new-entrant |
| jamubc/gemini-mcp-tool | 2,173 | 187 | TypeScript | — | — | new-entrant |
| zinja-coder/jadx-ai-mcp | 1,833 | 189 | Java | — | — | new-entrant |
| ravitemer/mcphub.nvim | 1,764 | 83 | Lua | — | — | new-entrant |
| DeusData/codebase-memory-mcp | 1,734 | 200 | C | — | — | new-entrant |
| stacklok/toolhive | 1,726 | 206 | Go | — | — | new-entrant |
| doobidoo/mcp-memory-service | 1,712 | 259 | Python | — | — | new-entrant |
| stickerdaniel/linkedin-mcp-server | 1,635 | 304 | Python | — | — | new-entrant |
Week-over-Week Summary
| Metric | This Week | Last Week | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total tagged repos | 359 | 345 | +14 |
| Top 30 total stars | 124,947 | 123,539 | +1,408 |
| Average stars (top 30) | 4,165 | 4,118 | +47 |
| Python projects (top 30) | 11 | 5 | +6 |
| TypeScript projects (top 30) | 13 | 5 | +8 |
| New entrants (top 30) | 20 | 0 | +20 |
| Unity MCP projects | 3 | 1 | +2 |
| Python SDK stars | 22,712 | 22,634 | +78 |
| TypeScript SDK stars | 12,238 | 12,181 | +57 |
| Python/TS SDK ratio | 1.86 | 1.86 | unchanged |
Trends & Observations
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Unity MCP Ecosystem Emerging: Three Unity MCP projects now rank in top 30 (CoplayDev/unity-mcp at 8,712 stars, IvanMurzak/Unity-MCP at 2,264, CoderGamester/mcp-unity at 1,607). CoplayDev/unity-mcp showed the highest relative growth this week at +2.71% (+230 stars), signaling game development as a new frontier for AI agent tooling.
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Enterprise MCP Platforms Enter Market: IBM’s mcp-context-forge (3,604 stars) and Stacklok’s ToolHive (1,726 stars) represent the first enterprise-grade MCP management platforms. These provide AI gateway registries and orchestration middleware, moving MCP beyond experimental toward production-grade deployment.
-
IDE Ecosystem Expansion: Neovim MCP client (mcphub.nvim at 1,764 stars) joins the tracker, indicating MCP tooling extending beyond web-based AI assistants into traditional developer workflows. XcodeBuildMCP (5,287 stars) enables iOS/macOS project integration.
-
Web Scraping MCP Consolidation: Firecrawl’s official MCP server (6,116 stars) enters as a new entrant, alongside Exa MCP Server (4,286 stars). This consolidates web crawling capabilities within MCP-native tooling.
-
Python Maintains SDK Dominance: Python SDK leads TypeScript SDK by 1.86x ratio (22,712 vs 12,238 stars). Both show modest weekly gains (+78 and +57 respectively), indicating stable developer adoption rather than accelerating growth.
Ecosystem Metrics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total MCP-tagged repositories | 359 |
| Repos above 50 stars | 359 |
| Top 30 total stars | 124,947 |
| Average stars (top 30) | 4,165 |
| Language distribution | Python: 11, TypeScript: 13, C#: 3, Go: 2, Others: 5 |
| Unity MCP projects | 3 |
| Top community project | PrefectHQ/fastmcp (24,733 stars) |
| Highest growth rate | CoplayDev/unity-mcp (+2.71%) |
🔺 Scout Intel: What Others Missed
Confidence: high | Novelty Score: 45/100
While most MCP coverage focuses on Anthropic’s protocol announcement and core SDK adoption, the ecosystem’s vertical expansion into specialized domains (game development via Unity, mobile via XcodeBuild, IDE via Neovim) signals MCP maturing from “connect AI assistants” to “connect AI to any developer toolchain.” The Unity MCP projects collectively represent 12,183 stars — already 9.7% of top 30 total — despite game development being orthogonal to typical AI agent use cases. Enterprise entrants IBM and Stacklok suggest MCP is being positioned as infrastructure for regulated industries needing audit trails and gateway management.
Key Implication: MCP is evolving from a Claude-specific protocol into a cross-platform AI tooling standard. Developers building MCP servers for specialized domains (Unity, mobile, IDEs) should expect enterprise adoption within 6-12 months as IBM and Stacklok’s gateway products mature.
Previous Snapshots
- Week of Apr 15, 2026 — 345 repos, 123,539 total stars
- Week of Apr 09, 2026 — 340 repos, 122,120 total stars
- Week of Apr 02, 2026 — 335 repos, 121,000 total stars
- Week of Mar 26, 2026 — 330 repos, 119,500 total stars
Previous snapshots used overwrite mode with fixed slug. Historical data preserved in
scout-agents/output/{date}/articles/mcp-ecosystem-weekly.en.md. New dated-slug format enables permanent weekly archives starting April 22, 2026.
Sources
- GitHub MCP Servers Search — GitHub API, Apr 21, 2026
- MCP Protocol Core — Anthropic Official, Apr 21, 2026
- MCP Python SDK — Anthropic Official, Apr 21, 2026
- MCP TypeScript SDK — Anthropic Official, Apr 21, 2026
- Awesome MCP Servers — Community Curated, Apr 21, 2026
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