# context7-mcp mit Homebrew, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für context7-mcp in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:context7-mcp
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install context7-mcp
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#context7-mcp
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/context7-mcp/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:context7-mcp
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.2.5
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Up-to-date code documentation for LLMs and AI code editors
- **Homepage:** <https://context7.com>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-26T06:33:29Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- context7-mcp (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 3.2.5
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Context7 MCP is Upstash's Model Context Protocol server for giving AI coding agents current, version-specific library documentation at prompt time.

### Projektgeschichte

The public Context7 repository was created in March 2025 and describes itself as the source for the MCP server, while noting that supporting backend, parsing, and crawling components are private. The `@upstash/context7-mcp` npm package followed in April 2025; a separate `ctx7` CLI package appeared in January 2026.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Context7 grew with the MCP and AI-editor packaging wave. Official docs and the README document setup paths for MCP clients, CLI-plus-skill workflows, and multiple editor integrations, while package metadata shows distribution through npm and the input package facts record Homebrew and Nix packaging.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users either register `https://mcp.context7.com/mcp` with an MCP client or run `npx ctx7 setup` to install a CLI/skill workflow. The README recommends an API key for higher rate limits but does not document a fixed local credential file for the Homebrew package.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

The formula is notable because it packages an MCP server, not a traditional standalone Unix tool. It reflects a newer class of developer-tool packages whose main job is to bridge local editors and remote documentation indexes.

### Zeitleiste

- 2025-03-26: Public Context7 repository created.
- 2025-04-08: `@upstash/context7-mcp` npm package created.
- 2026-01-21: `ctx7` npm CLI package created.
- 2026-06-22: `@upstash/context7-mcp@3.2.2` release published.

### Related projects

- The README lists related official packages including `ctx7`, `@upstash/context7-sdk`, and Context7 tools for the Vercel AI SDK.

### Quellen

- <https://context7.com/docs>
- <https://github.com/upstash/context7>
- <https://www.npmjs.com/package/@upstash/context7-mcp>
- <https://www.npmjs.com/package/ctx7>
- <https://github.com/upstash/context7/releases/tag/%40upstash/context7-mcp%403.2.2>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/context7-mcp>


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für context7-mcp wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.


## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - context7-mcp: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/context7-mcp/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/context7-mcp.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/context7-mcp.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph