# Install neo4j-mcp with Homebrew

Neo4j official Model Context Protocol server for AI tools. Version 1.5.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:neo4j-mcp
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install neo4j-mcp
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:neo4j-mcp
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.5.3
- **Source summary:** Neo4j official Model Context Protocol server for AI tools
- **Homepage:** <https://neo4j.com/docs/mcp/current/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/neo4j/mcp>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T19:43:14+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- neo4j-mcp (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.5.3
## Project history and usage

Neo4j MCP is Neo4j's official Model Context Protocol server. The project connects MCP-compatible AI clients such as Claude, Cursor, and VS Code with a Neo4j instance so agents can inspect graph schema, run Cypher, and retrieve or modify graph data under the server's configured permissions.

### Project history

The package belongs to the post-MCP wave of database tooling. Neo4j's developer guide dates Anthropic's introduction of Model Context Protocol to November 2024, and the neo4j/mcp GitHub repository was created on 2025-08-20. Its release stream had reached v1.5.3 by 2026-06-11.

### Adoption history

Adoption is early and strongly tied to AI-agent workflows rather than traditional database administration. The repository API showed 267 stars and 54 forks on the 2026-07-01 request. The Homebrew formula API snapshot generated on 2026-07-01 reported 472 installs over 365 days and 53 installs over 30 days.

### How it is used

Package users install neo4j-mcp when they want an MCP host to expose a Neo4j database to an assistant. The practical setup is environment-variable driven: point the server at a Neo4j URI, username, password, database, optional read-only mode, and schema sample sizing, then register it in the client's MCP configuration.

### Why package nerds care

The package is significant less as a standalone CLI and more as a marker that graph databases joined the MCP tool ecosystem quickly. Its interesting operational detail is permissioning: read-only Cypher can be enabled for safer exploration, while write-Cypher is gated by configuration.

### Timeline

- 2024-11: Model Context Protocol introduced by Anthropic, according to Neo4j's MCP developer guide.
- 2025-08-20: neo4j/mcp repository created.
- 2026-06-11: v1.5.3 release published.
- 2026-07-01: Homebrew API snapshot listed neo4j-mcp 1.5.3.

### Related projects

- Neo4j
- Model Context Protocol
- Cypher
- Neo4j Graph Data Science
- APOC

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/neo4j/mcp>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/neo4j/mcp/releases?per_page=10>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/neo4j-mcp.json>
- <https://github.com/neo4j/mcp>
- <https://neo4j.com/developer/genai-ecosystem/model-context-protocol-mcp/>
- <https://neo4j.com/docs/mcp/current/>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/neo4j-mcp.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/neo4j-mcp.yml)


## Sources

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