Tested agent tools and MCP servers, dated test results
We installed 126 popular MCP servers from npm on 2026-10-22, ran an MCP handshake against each, and checked maintenance, docs and license. 76 of 126 completed the handshake with no credentials; 21 are deprecated or archived. Every score links to its raw test log. How we test · Best free servers by category · Using MCP with local models.
| Server | Category | Score | Tools | Needs key | Status | Last tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Playwright MCP (Microsoft)@playwright/mcp | browser | 100 | 25 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Chrome DevTools MCP (Google)chrome-devtools-mcp | browser | 100 | 32 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Context7 (Upstash)@upstash/context7-mcp | docs | 100 | 2 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
MongoDB (official)mongodb-mcp-server | database | 100 | 27 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Tavilytavily-mcp | search | 100 | 5 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Firecrawlfirecrawl-mcp | search | 100 | 26 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Kubernetes (Flux159)mcp-server-kubernetes | cloud | 100 | 23 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Heroku (official)@heroku/mcp-server | cloud | 100 | 33 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Netlify (official)@netlify/mcp | cloud | 100 | 10 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Desktop Commander@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander | files | 100 | 26 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Azure MCP (Microsoft)@azure/mcp | cloud | 100 | 61 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
mcp-remote (proxy)mcp-remote | utility | 100 | 3 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Browser (agent-infra)@agent-infra/mcp-server-browser | browser | 100 | 21 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Excelexcel-mcp-server | files | 100 | 46 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Pinecone (official)@pinecone-database/mcp | memory | 100 | 9 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Fetch (reference, Python)mcp-server-fetch | fetch | 100 | 1 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
MarkItDown (Microsoft)markitdown-mcp | fetch | 100 | 1 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Read Website Fast@just-every/mcp-read-website-fast | fetch | 100 | 1 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Time (reference, Python)mcp-server-time | utility | 100 | 2 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
AWS Documentation (AWS Labs)awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server | docs | 100 | 5 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Shopify Dev (official)@shopify/dev-mcp | docs | 100 | 5 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
arXivarxiv-mcp-server | search | 100 | 19 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Git (reference, Python)mcp-server-git | dev | 100 | 12 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
mcpcap (PCAP analysis)mcpcap | dev | 100 | 9 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Git (cyanheads)@cyanheads/git-mcp-server | dev | 100 | 28 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
ClickHouse (official)mcp-clickhouse | database | 100 | 3 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Redis MCP (official, Redis)redis-mcp-server | database | 100 | 53 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
shadcn/ui@jpisnice/shadcn-ui-mcp-server | docs | 95 | 10 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Serenaserena-agent | dev | 95 | 3 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Blender MCPblender-mcp | design | 95 | 9 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Mapbox (official)@mapbox/mcp-server | maps | 95 | 8 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Sequential Thinking (reference)@modelcontextprotocol/server-sequential-thinking | reasoning | 93 | 1 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Memory / knowledge graph (reference)@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory | memory | 93 | 9 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Filesystem (reference)@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem | files | 93 | 14 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Everything (reference test server)@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything | testing | 93 | 13 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Exaexa-mcp-server | search | 93 | 2 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Basic Memorybasic-memory | memory | 93 | 21 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Notion (official)@notionhq/notion-mcp-server | productivity | 90 | 24 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Browser Tools (AgentDesk)@agentdeskai/browser-tools-mcp | browser | 90 | 14 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Text Editormcp-text-editor | files | 90 | 6 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Qdrant (official)mcp-server-qdrant | memory | 90 | 2 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
DuckDuckGo Searchduckduckgo-mcp-server | search | 90 | 3 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Airbnb@openbnb/mcp-server-airbnb | search | 90 | 2 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Neo4j Cypher (official)mcp-neo4j-cypher | database | 90 | 3 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
AntV Chart@antv/mcp-server-chart | design | 90 | 27 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Zoterozotero-mcp | productivity | 90 | 3 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Calculatormcp-server-calculator | utility | 85 | 1 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Pandocmcp-pandoc | files | 83 | 1 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Yahoo Financeyfmcp | finance | 83 | 15 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Atlassian (Jira/Confluence)mcp-atlassian | productivity | 83 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Playwright MCP (ExecuteAutomation)@executeautomation/playwright-mcp-server | browser | 80 | 33 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Browser Usemcp-server-browser-use | browser | 80 | 2 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Knowledge Graph memorymcp-knowledge-graph | memory | 80 | 10 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Fetcher MCPfetcher-mcp | fetch | 80 | 3 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Wikipediawikipedia-mcp | search | 80 | 22 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Simple arXivmcp-simple-arxiv | search | 80 | 5 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Code Runnermcp-server-code-runner | dev | 80 | 1 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
SQLite (npx)mcp-server-sqlite-npx | database | 80 | 5 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
PostgreSQL MCP (HenkDz)@henkey/postgres-mcp-server | database | 80 | 18 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Puppeteer (legacy reference)@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer | browser | 75 | 7 | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
GitHub (legacy reference)@modelcontextprotocol/server-github | dev | 75 | 26 | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
Browserbase@browserbasehq/mcp-server-browserbase | browser | 75 | 9 | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
Redis (legacy reference)@modelcontextprotocol/server-redis | database | 75 | 4 | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
Figma Context MCP (Framelink)figma-developer-mcp | design | 75 | — | yes | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Puppeteer MCP (community)puppeteer-mcp-server | browser | 75 | 8 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Playwright (Automata Labs)@automatalabs/mcp-server-playwright | browser | 75 | 10 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Puppeteer (hisma fork)@hisma/server-puppeteer | browser | 75 | 7 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Knowledge Graph (itseasy21)@itseasy21/mcp-knowledge-graph | memory | 75 | 11 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
npx fetch@tokenizin/mcp-npx-fetch | fetch | 75 | 4 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Fetch (kazuph)@kazuph/mcp-fetch | fetch | 75 | 1 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Apify (official)@apify/actors-mcp-server | fetch | 75 | — | yes | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
YouTube Transcript@kimtaeyoon83/mcp-server-youtube-transcript | fetch | 75 | 1 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
CircleCI (official)@circleci/mcp-server-circleci | dev | 75 | 13 | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
GitLab (zereight)@zereight/mcp-gitlab | dev | 75 | — | yes | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Currents@currents/mcp | dev | 75 | — | yes | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Datadog@winor30/mcp-server-datadog | dev | 75 | — | yes | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Hugging Face Spaces@llmindset/mcp-hfspace | ai | 75 | 3 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
LINE Bot (official)@line/line-bot-mcp-server | comms | 75 | — | yes | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
mcp-redis (npm)mcp-redis | database | 75 | 6 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Postgres (legacy reference)@modelcontextprotocol/server-postgres | database | 70 | 1 | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
PDF (MCP)@modelcontextprotocol/server-pdf | files | 70 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
mcp-proxy (Python)mcp-proxy | utility | 70 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Lara Translate@translated/lara-mcp | utility | 70 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
MotherDuck / DuckDB (official)mcp-server-motherduck | database | 70 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
AWS KB Retrieval (legacy reference)@modelcontextprotocol/server-aws-kb-retrieval | cloud | 70 | 1 | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
HubSpot (official)@hubspot/mcp-server | productivity | 70 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Stripe (official)@stripe/mcp | payments | 65 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
21st.dev Magic@21st-dev/magic | design | 65 | — | yes | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
codenib CodeGraphcodenib | dev | 65 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Upstash (official)@upstash/mcp-server | database | 65 | — | yes | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Cloudflare@cloudflare/mcp-server-cloudflare | cloud | 65 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Supabase (official)@supabase/mcp-server-supabase | database | 60 | — | yes | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Neo4j Memory (official)mcp-neo4j-memory | memory | 60 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
MySQL@benborla29/mcp-server-mysql | database | 60 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
PayPal (official)@paypal/mcp | payments | 60 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Postgres MCP Pro (Crystal DBA)postgres-mcp | database | 60 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Obsidianmcp-obsidian | productivity | 58 | — | yes | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
lbrain agent memorylbrain-coding-agents | memory | 55 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Sentry (official)@sentry/mcp-server | dev | 53 | — | yes | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Browser MCP@browsermcp/mcp | browser | 53 | 12 | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Dockermcp-server-docker | cloud | 53 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Slack (legacy reference)@modelcontextprotocol/server-slack | comms | 50 | — | yes | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
GitLab (legacy reference)@modelcontextprotocol/server-gitlab | dev | 50 | — | yes | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
Google Drive (legacy reference)@modelcontextprotocol/server-gdrive | productivity | 50 | — | yes | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
Twilio (alpha)@twilio-alpha/mcp | comms | 50 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Brave Search (legacy reference)@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search | search | 45 | — | yes | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
Filesystem (cyanheads)@cyanheads/filesystem-mcp-server | files | 45 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Fetch (Python alt)mcp-server-fetch-python | fetch | 45 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
YouTube Transcript (Python)mcp-youtube-transcript | fetch | 45 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Sentry (legacy reference, Python)mcp-server-sentry | dev | 45 | — | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
Tree-sittermcp-server-tree-sitter | dev | 45 | — | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
SQLite (legacy reference, Python)mcp-server-sqlite | database | 45 | — | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
Neon (official)@neondatabase/mcp-server-neon | database | 45 | — | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
Elasticsearch (official)@elastic/mcp-server-elasticsearch | database | 45 | — | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
EverArt (legacy reference)@modelcontextprotocol/server-everart | design | 45 | — | yes | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
Google Maps (legacy reference)@modelcontextprotocol/server-google-maps | maps | 45 | — | yes | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
Gmail (GongRzhe)@gongrzhe/server-gmail-autoauth-mcp | comms | 45 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Chroma (official)chroma-mcp | memory | 40 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Railway (official)@railway/mcp-server | cloud | 40 | — | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
Sanity@sanity/mcp-server | productivity | 40 | — | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |
Playwright (Python)playwright-mcp-server | browser | 35 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Memory (Python)mcp-server-memory | memory | 35 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Office Wordmcp-server-office | files | 33 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Memory Keepermcp-memory-keeper | memory | 25 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
Kubernetes (Python)mcp-server-kubernetes | cloud | 23 | — | no | Last tested 2026-10-22 | |
AWS Core (AWS Labs)awslabs.core-mcp-server | cloud | 10 | — | no | deprecated | Last tested 2026-10-22 |