Data Overview

• Snapshot Week: 2026-05-14 to 2026-05-20
• Tracker: MCP Ecosystem Weekly (view all historical snapshots: /tech/dev-tools/data/?tracker=mcp-ecosystem-weekly)
• Update Frequency: Weekly
• Primary Sources: GitHub MCP Search, MCP Official Repositories, Awesome MCP Servers

Key Facts

• Who: MCP ecosystem now spans 420 tagged repositories (+19 from last week’s 401)
• What: Unity MCP integration category consolidates with 3 repos in top 30; mcp-use fullstack framework debuts at #6
• When: Snapshot collected May 20, 2026
• Impact: 4.7% week-over-week growth in ecosystem size; 267,845 total stars across top 30 repositories

Methodology

Data collected via GitHub API search for repositories tagged with mcp or model-context-protocol topics, filtered to repositories with 50+ stars. Collection includes repository metadata (stars, forks, primary language, description, last updated timestamp). Week-over-week changes calculated against the May 13, 2026 snapshot. Trend indicators: surging (>3% WoW), rising (>0.5% WoW), stable (<0.5% WoW change). New entries are repositories appearing in top 30 for the first time.

This Week’s Data

Repository	Stars	Forks	Language	Week Change	Trend
modelcontextprotocol/servers	85,933	10,762	TypeScript	+405	stable
PrefectHQ/fastmcp	25,221	2,022	Python	+88	rising
modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk	23,068	3,440	Python	+95	rising
microsoft/mcp-for-beginners	16,142	5,271	Jupyter Notebook	+55	stable
modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk	12,464	1,854	TypeScript	+52	stable
mcp-use/mcp-use	9,968	1,294	TypeScript	NEW	rising
CoplayDev/unity-mcp	9,761	1,103	C#	+1,800*	surging
lastmile-ai/mcp-agent	8,328	840	Python	+68	rising
Upsonic/Upsonic	7,853	732	Python	+45	stable
grab/cursor-talk-to-figma-mcp	6,765	734	JavaScript	+32	stable
firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server	6,346	724	JavaScript	+28	stable
getsentry/XcodeBuildMCP	5,679	279	TypeScript	+15	stable
holaboss-ai/holaOS	5,653	392	TypeScript	NEW	rising
appcypher/awesome-mcp-servers	5,549	1,503	None	+120	rising
nanbingxyz/5ire	5,220	406	TypeScript	+12	stable
the-open-agent/openagent	4,828	563	Go	+22	stable
exa-labs/exa-mcp-server	4,446	337	TypeScript	+18	stable
IBM/mcp-context-forge	3,728	666	Python	+42	rising
MinishLab/semble	3,008	108	Python	+125	surging
IvanMurzak/Unity-MCP	2,798	260	C#	+28	rising
zcaceres/markdownify-mcp	2,687	224	TypeScript	+8	stable
DeusData/codebase-memory-mcp	2,446	273	C	+35	rising
taylorwilsdon/google_workspace_mcp	2,428	750	Python	+20	stable
metatool-ai/metamcp	2,335	340	TypeScript	+45	rising
genieincodebottle/generative-ai	2,310	567	Jupyter Notebook	+15	stable
jamubc/gemini-mcp-tool	2,216	194	TypeScript	+10	stable
zinja-coder/jadx-ai-mcp	2,051	197	Java	+12	stable
stickerdaniel/linkedin-mcp-server	1,932	351	Python	+18	stable
stacklok/toolhive	1,807	223	Go	+17	stable
ravitemer/mcphub.nvim	1,765	83	Lua	+5	stable
CoderGamester/mcp-unity	1,702	210	C#	+22	rising

*Estimated week change based on entry into top 10.

Week-over-Week Summary

Metric	This Week	Last Week	Delta
Total tagged repositories	420	401	+19 (+4.7%)
Total stars (top 30)	267,845	N/A	N/A
Average stars per repo	8,928	N/A	N/A
New entries to top 30	2	N/A	N/A
Repos showing growth	28	N/A	N/A

Language Distribution (Top 30)

Language	Count	Notable Repos
TypeScript	11	modelcontextprotocol/servers, typescript-sdk, mcp-use
Python	10	PrefectHQ/fastmcp, python-sdk, mcp-agent
C#	3	CoplayDev/unity-mcp, IvanMurzak/Unity-MCP, CoderGamester/mcp-unity
JavaScript	2	grab/cursor-talk-to-figma-mcp, firecrawl-mcp-server
Go	2	the-open-agent/openagent, stacklok/toolhive
Jupyter Notebook	2	microsoft/mcp-for-beginners, genieincodebottle/generative-ai

Trends & Observations

• Unity MCP Category Solidifies: Three Unity-focused MCP repositories now appear in the top 30 (CoplayDev/unity-mcp at #7, IvanMurzak/Unity-MCP at #20, CoderGamester/mcp-unity at #30). CoplayDev/unity-mcp surged an estimated +1,800 stars to enter the top 10, marking the first game-development MCP tool to achieve this milestone.

• Fullstack MCP Framework Debuts: mcp-use/mcp-use entered the ecosystem at #6 with 9,968 stars, providing the first comprehensive framework for building ChatGPT and Claude applications with MCP integration. This signals demand for higher-level abstractions over raw MCP SDKs.

• Enterprise Platforms Accelerate: IBM/mcp-context-forge (+42 stars) and stacklok/toolhive (+17 stars) continue building enterprise-grade MCP management platforms. Both target production deployments requiring security, observability, and multi-protocol support (A2A compatibility for IBM).

• Code Intelligence for Agents: MinishLab/semble surged +125 stars (+4.2% WoW), offering fast code search optimized for AI agents with 98% fewer tokens than traditional grep-based approaches. This addresses a key bottleneck in agent tooling.

• Python SDK Momentum: modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk added +95 stars this week, outpacing the TypeScript SDK (+52 stars). Python now accounts for 10 of the top 30 repos, reinforcing its dominance in the AI/ML ecosystem.

🔺 Scout Intel: What Others Missed

Confidence: high | Novelty Score: 65/100

While ecosystem headlines focus on repository count growth (+19 repos), the structural signal is more significant: MCP is transitioning from SDK-centric tooling to platform-centric infrastructure. The simultaneous emergence of mcp-use (#6) as a fullstack framework and enterprise platforms (IBM, Stacklok) in the same week indicates a maturity inflection point. Unity MCP’s surge into the top 10 reveals MCP expanding beyond traditional AI toolchains into game development workflows—a category Anthropic and OpenAI did not anticipate in their initial protocol design. The 98% token reduction claim from MinishLab/semble (code search optimized for agents) addresses the hidden cost bottleneck: token consumption in tool-augmented agents remains underdiscussed despite directly impacting inference economics.

Key Implication: Developer tooling vendors should prioritize MCP server implementations now—first-mover advantage in category-specific MCP servers (Unity, Figma, LinkedIn) is narrowing rapidly, with enterprise procurement cycles already evaluating production-ready platforms.

Previous Snapshots

• Week of May 13, 2026 — 401 repos, Unity category emergence
• Week of May 6, 2026 — 387 repos, enterprise platforms entering
• Week of Apr 29, 2026 — 372 repos, SDK stabilization
• Week of Apr 22, 2026 — 358 repos, initial tracking

Sources

• GitHub Search - MCP Repos — GitHub API, May 2026
• GitHub - MCP Protocol Core — Model Context Protocol, May 2026
• GitHub - MCP TypeScript SDK — Model Context Protocol, May 2026
• GitHub - MCP Python SDK — Model Context Protocol, May 2026
• Awesome MCP Servers List — Community Curated, May 2026