# Install github-mcp-server with Homebrew, Nix GitHub Model Context Protocol server for AI tools. Version 1.8.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-30. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#github-mcp-server. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:github-mcp-server ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install github-mcp-server ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#github-mcp-server ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/github-mcp-server/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:github-mcp-server - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.8.0 - **Source summary:** GitHub Model Context Protocol server for AI tools - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-30T15:24:13Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - github-mcp-server (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.8.0 ## 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 Notes 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. ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - github-mcp-server: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/github-mcp-server/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/github-mcp-server.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/github-mcp-server.yml) ## Sources - 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