install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install github-mcp-server

provider-native install command

overview

Package summary

GitHub Model Context Protocol server for AI tools

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

github-mcp-server

history

Project history and usage

GitHub MCP Server is GitHub's Model Context Protocol server for connecting AI tools to GitHub repositories, issues, pull requests, code search, Actions, security findings, notifications, and related developer workflows.

Project history

The repository history begins in March 2025, shortly after Model Context Protocol became a common integration layer for AI tools. Early tags in April 2025 moved from release candidates to v0.1.0, and the project grew through 1.x releases during 2026.

The README documents both a GitHub-hosted remote MCP server and a local server distributed as a binary or container image. That split reflects the project's evolution from a local bridge for AI tools into an official GitHub integration surface for IDEs, agent frameworks, and GitHub Enterprise environments.

Adoption history

The server is significant because GitHub itself maintains it, turning MCP from a third-party connector pattern into an official path for AI assistants to interact with GitHub. The README lists installation paths for VS Code, Visual Studio, Claude applications, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Windsurf, Zed, and other MCP hosts.

Its rise also follows the broader MCP ecosystem introduced by Anthropic in 2024: tools expose capabilities through a shared protocol, and AI clients consume those capabilities without every client hand-building a separate GitHub integration.

How it is used

Practitioners use GitHub MCP Server to let AI tools browse repositories, inspect code, create or update issues and pull requests, analyze workflow failures, work with releases, examine security alerts, and assist with team collaboration tasks through natural-language workflows.

Local deployments commonly run the public container image or binary with a GitHub personal access token or OAuth flow, while remote deployments use GitHub-hosted MCP endpoints from compatible clients.

Why package nerds care

For package-manager users, github-mcp-server is a visible example of AI tooling becoming ordinary developer infrastructure: a command-line server installed beside Git, gh, and editors, but aimed at giving agents authenticated, structured access to a developer's forge.

Timeline

2024: Model Context Protocol is introduced as a shared protocol for connecting AI systems to tools and data.
2025: GitHub MCP Server repository history begins.
2025: v0.1.0 is tagged after release-candidate builds.
2026: 1.x releases expand the server after its initial public line.

Related projects

GitHub MCP Server relates to GitHub Copilot, the GitHub API, the Model Context Protocol specification, MCP host applications, and local agent tools that need authenticated GitHub context.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for github-mcp-server. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`github-mcp-server`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version1.8.0

manager updated2026-07-30

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:github-mcp-server
Version	1.8.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server
Repository	https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server
Last updated	2026-07-30T15:24:13Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/github-mcp-server.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
curated package history
pkgdb category and tag curation

Install github-mcp-server with Homebrew