What is the explainx.ai GitHub stars leaderboard?

It is a curated, side-by-side ranking of the most-starred agent skills and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers in the explainx.ai index. Lists are capped at 50 entries each and sorted by repository GitHub stars in descending order, so you can quickly see which projects attract the most developer attention.

How is this different from the main skills registry?

The skills registry at /skills ranks 11,915+ approved skills primarily by installs and discovery filters. This leaderboard only surfaces skills that have GitHub star counts (11099 in the index) and sorts strictly by stars—useful for popularity benchmarking, not install volume.

Which MCP servers appear on this page?

Only MCP server listings with recorded GitHub stars (1491 in the directory) are eligible. The table shows the top 50 by stars; servers without star metadata are omitted here but remain searchable in the full MCP directory at /mcp-servers.

Agent skills & MCP GitHub stars leaderboard | explainx.ai

This page answers: which agent skills and MCP servers in our index have the strongest GitHub signal? We list up to 50 of each, sorted by stars (highest first). Install-focused rankings and search live on /skills and /mcp-servers.

Top skills by GitHub stars

skill

stars

openai-whisper-api steipete/clawdis

Transcribe an audio file via OpenAI’s /v1/audio/transcriptions endpoint. Set OPENAI_BASE_URL to use an OpenAI-compatible proxy or local gateway.

Backend

350.1K ★

slack steipete/clawdis

Use slack to react, manage pins, send/edit/delete messages, and fetch member info. The tool uses the bot token configured for OpenClaw.

Top MCP servers by GitHub stars

server

stars

Markitdown microsoft/markitdown/tree/main/packages/markitdown-mcp

microsoft●

Easily convert markdown to PDF using Markitdown MCP server. Supports HTTP, STDIO, and SSE for fast converting markdown t

90.4K ★

Firecrawl mendableai/firecrawl

mendableai●

Unlock AI-ready web data with Firecrawl: scrape any website, handle dynamic content, and automate web scraping for resea

browser-automation

89.6K ★

Puppeteer

anthropic●

Puppeteer is a browser automation studio server for LLMs, enabling web page interaction, screenshots, and testing with S

browser-automation

89.6K ★

Amicus MCP Server earchibald/amicus-mcp

earchibald

Amicus MCP Server: state persistence for AI coding assistants—preserves shared context, summaries, next steps and active

ai-mldeveloper-tools

80.5K ★

Createve.AI Nexus spgoodman/createveai-nexus-server

spgoodman

Createve.AI Nexus unifies REST API and MCP, integrating APIs for AI workflow automation with tools like Calendly API and

ai-mldeveloper-tools

80.5K ★

Vision

z_ai●

Vision: Add visual intelligence to your AI agents - image and video analysis with one-click integration for Claude Code

ai-mldeveloper-tools

80.5K ★

Filesystem modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/HEAD/src/filesystem

anthropic●

Learn how to use Python to read a file and manipulate local files safely through the Filesystem API.

80.5K ★

Knowledge Graph Memory modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/HEAD/src/memory

anthropic●

Build persistent semantic networks for enterprise & engineering data management. Enable data persistence and memory acro

ai-ml

80.5K ★

Sequential Thinking modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/HEAD/src/sequentialthinking

anthropic●

Break down complex problems with Sequential Thinking, a structured tool and step by step math solver for dynamic, reflec

80.5K ★

Mini Search rebers/4o-mini-search-mcp

rebers

Mini Search offers a lightweight google web search api solution, connecting effortlessly to OpenAI or OpenRouter.ai sear

search-web

79.9K ★

Web Search

z_ai●

Web Search MCP Server delivers powerful Z.AI web search and real-time info retrieval for MCP-compatible clients like Cla

search-web

79.9K ★

Web Reader

z_ai●

Web Reader MCP Server — Z.AI MCP for powerful web content extraction: full-page retrieval and structured data for Claude

search-web

79.9K ★

YggTorrent philogicae/ygg-torrent-mcp

philogicae

Securely access YggTorrent with an unofficial API for torrent search, category filtering, metadata, and magnet link gene

search-webother

79.9K ★

Brave Search

anthropic●

Enhance your AI assistant with Brave Search and an MCP server for powerful web & local business queries—an alternative t

search-web

79.9K ★

Context7 upstash/context7

upstash●

Boost your AI code assistant with Context7: inject real-time API documentation from OpenAPI specification sources into y

ai-ml

48.2K ★

Playwright Browser Automation microsoft/playwright-mcp

microsoft●

Enhance software testing with Playwright MCP: Fast, reliable browser automation, an innovative alternative to Selenium s

browser-automation

28.4K ★

Unified.to MCP Server unified-to/unified-mcp-server

Unified.to

The most comprehensive MCP integration platform with 333+ integrations and 20,421+ real-time tools. Connect your AI assi

developer-tools

28.1K ★

Slack MCP Server (Official)slackapi/slack-mcp-server

Slack●

Official Slack MCP server enabling AI agents to interact with Slack workspaces through the Model Context Protocol. Featu

productivitycommunicationdeveloper-tools

28.1K ★

mcpSovereign SDK mcpsovereign/mcpsovereign-sdk

mcpsovereign●

mcpSovereign SDK — a two-sided AI dataset marketplace, AI prompt marketplace and AI tools marketplace where agents buy/s

financedeveloper-tools

28.1K ★

MCP Aggregator rockfordlhotka/mcp-aggregator

Rockford Lhotka

A centralized gateway for managing multiple MCP server connections. Instead of configuring each MCP server individually

developer-tools

28.1K ★

BugBug simplypixi/bugbug-mcp-server

simplypixi

Manage browser tests and suites with BugBug's software automation tester, headless browsers, and real-time error reporti

developer-tools

28.1K ★

Shadcn io

shadcnio●

MCP server connects Claude and AI coding tools to shadcn/ui components. Accurate TypeScript props and React component da

developer-tools

28.1K ★

Superjolt scoritz/superjolt

scoritz

Integrate with Superjolt to manage JavaScript apps, configure domains, set environment variables, and monitor logs using

cloud-infrastructuredeveloper-tools

28.1K ★

eRegulations unctad-ai/eregulations-mcp-server

unctad-ai●

eRegulations makes admin procedure data easy to access, helping users understand the Administrative Procedure Act seamle

developer-toolsanalytics-data

28.1K ★

Google Tag Manager paolobtl/gtm-mcp

paolobtl

Integrate with Google Tag Manager to automate GTM container management, tag setup, and publishing using secure OAuth aut

developer-tools

28.1K ★

Eventbrite ibraheem4/eventbrite-mcp

ibraheem4

Streamline event discovery and planning with Eventbrite's venue and event management software—perfect for wedding planni

developer-tools

28.1K ★

Chrome DevTools MCP ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp

chromedevtools●

AI-driven control of live Chrome via Chrome DevTools: browser automation, debugging, performance analysis and network mo

browser-automationdeveloper-tools

28.1K ★

Brevo

Brevo●

Connect AI assistants to Brevo with the Model Context Protocol server for seamless API integration and automated workflo

communicationdeveloper-tools

28.1K ★

Specif-ai vj-presidio/specif-ai-mcp-server-archive

vj-presidio

Specif-ai ensures secure web API access and robust error handling, making it a top choice among API security companies f

developer-toolsproductivity

28.1K ★

Zread

z_ai●

Zread MCP Server: Z.AI-powered MCP for Claude Code, Cline and MCP clients — access docs, code & open-source repo knowled

developer-tools

28.1K ★

Pulumi Infrastructure as Code pulumi/mcp-server

pulumi●

Pulumi Infrastructure as Code enables infra as a code operations, with tools for querying resources and running CLI comm

cloud-infrastructuredeveloper-tools

28.1K ★

Shopify Dev shopify/dev-mcp

shopify●

Shopify Dev integrates with Shopify APIs, perfect for Shopify developer partners to build Shopify websites and streamlin

developer-tools

28.1K ★

Deepcon

deepcon●

Deepcon is an AI coding assistant server offering up-to-date package docs via semantic search for smarter, faster AI pow

developer-tools

28.1K ★

Screenshot Capture zueai/webdev-mcp

zueai

Capture screenshots across macOS, Windows, and Linux using advanced screen capture and recording software for analysis,

productivitydeveloper-tools

28.1K ★

Open AI Docs

openai●

Search and read OpenAI developer docs from your editor using MCP. OpenAI hosts a public Model Context Protocol (MCP) ser

developer-tools

28.1K ★

Nia

nozomio-labs●

Nia is an MCP server that boosts coding agents’ performance by indexing extra documentation and codebases for improved r

developer-tools

28.1K ★

Chrome DevTools chromedevtools/chrome-devtools-mcp

chromedevtools●

Use Chrome DevTools for web site test speed, debugging, and performance analysis. The essential chrome developer tools f

browser-automationdeveloper-tools

28.1K ★

Backlog fleagne/backlog-mcp-server

fleagne

Backlog integrates project issue tracking software and collaboration for efficient task management directly in conversat

productivity

27.6K ★

Obsidian kazuph/mcp-obsidian

kazuph

Connect Obsidian vaults for natural language queries and secure note updates with seamless Obsidian integration.

file-systemsproductivity

27.6K ★

Confluence

atlassian●

Seamlessly enhance your workflow by integrating Confluence with Jira for direct documentation access and powerful conten

productivity

27.6K ★

Jira

atlassian●

Integrate Jira software with AI to automate tasks, manage bugs, and streamline your development workflow efficiently.

productivity

27.6K ★

Task Master eyaltoledano/claude-task-master

eyaltoledano

Boost productivity with Task Master: an AI-powered tool for project management and agile development workflows, integrat

productivity

25.8K ★

Repomix yamadashy/repomix

yamadashy●

Optimize your codebase for AI with Repomix—transform, compress, and secure repos for easier analysis with modern AI tool

developer-tools

22.3K ★

Mastra Docs mastra-ai/mastra/tree/HEAD/packages/mcp-docs-server

mastra-ai●

Mastra Docs: AI assistants with direct access to Mastra.ai’s full knowledge base for faster, smarter support and insight

productivitydeveloper-tools

21.8K ★

Oh My Posh jandedobbeleer/oh-my-posh/tree/HEAD/website/api/mcp

jandedobbeleer●

Validate Oh My Posh theme configurations quickly and reliably against the official schema to ensure error-free prompts a

developer-tools

21.7K ★

Serena oraios/serena

oraios

Serena is a free AI code generator toolkit providing robust code editing and retrieval, turning LLMs into powerful artif

21.2K ★

Beads steveyegge/beads/tree/HEAD/integrations/beads-mcp

steveyegge●

Beads — a drop-in memory upgrade for your coding agent that boosts context, speed, and reliability with zero friction.

developer-toolsproductivity

18.6K ★

Blender ahujasid/blender-mcp

ahujasid

Connect Blender to Claude AI for seamless 3D modeling. Use AI 3D model generator tools for faster, intuitive, interactiv

ai-mldeveloper-tools

17.6K ★

n8n czlonkowski/n8n-mcp

czlonkowski

n8n offers conversational workflow automation, enabling seamless software workflow creation and management without platf

developer-tools

14.6K ★

Icons8

icons8●

Get free MCP server SVG and PNG icons from Icons8 for your coding projects. Enhance your vibe with quality icons!

design

13.5K ★

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