Best MCP servers for Cursor (2026)

These are the 30 most popular open-source MCP servers for Cursor, ranked by GitHub stars. Each one links to a page with repository details, install configs where available, and related servers.

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ruflo ★74716 – 🌊 The original agent harness. Deploy intelligent multi-player swarms, coordinate autonomous workflows, and build conver
context7 ★63053 – Context7 Platform -- Up-to-date code documentation for LLMs and AI code editors
chrome-devtools-mcp ★53561 – Chrome DevTools for coding agents
codebase-memory-mcp ★46616 – High-performance code intelligence MCP server. Indexes codebases into a persistent knowledge graph — average repo in mil
Playwright MCP ★38158 – Official Playwright MCP server by Microsoft: browser automation for LLMs using structured accessibility snapshots instea
github-mcp-server ★33624 – GitHub's official MCP Server
serena ★30270 – A powerful MCP toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities - the IDE for your agent
gpt-researcher ★30100 – An autonomous agent that conducts deep research on any data using any LLM providers
context-mode ★29327 – Context window optimization for AI coding agents. Sandboxes tool output (98% reduction), persists session memory, and
activepieces ★25058 – AI Agents & MCPs & AI Workflow Automation • (~400 MCP servers for AI agents) • AI Automation / AI Agent with MCPs • AI W
n8n-mcp ★23073 – A MCP for Claude Desktop / Claude Code / Windsurf / Cursor to build n8n workflows for you
Douyin_TikTok_Download_API ★20642 – 🚀 抖音、TikTok 数据采集与无水印视频下载 API，自托管，支持 MCP 调用与 Docker 一键部署。| Self-hosted TikTok & Douyin scraper and no-watermark video do
Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ★17502 – ARIS ⚔️ (Auto-Research-In-Sleep) — Lightweight Markdown-only skills for autonomous ML research: cross-model review loops
docker-android ★15972 – Android in docker solution with noVNC supported, video recording, mcp server and AI-agent
nightingale ★13354 – Open-source, self-hosted alerting for metrics, logs, and databases. Includes a built-in AI agent and MCP server.
mcp-use ★10763 – The fullstack MCP framework to develop MCP Apps for ChatGPT / Claude & MCP Servers for AI Agents.
Trail-Code ★10038 – Turbocharge Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini & every coding agent: faster, cheaper, with contextual understanding spec
osaurus ★8048 – Own your AI. The native macOS harness for AI agents -- any model, persistent memory, autonomous execution, cryptographic
browser-tools-mcp ★7329 – Monitor browser logs directly from Cursor and other MCP compatible IDEs.
mcp ★7185 – Browser MCP is a Model Context Provider (MCP) server that allows AI applications to control your browser
MobileBuildMCP ★6480 – A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and CLI that provides tools for agent use when working on iOS and macOS projects.
semble ★6209 – Fast and Accurate Code Search for Agents. Uses 99% fewer tokens than grep+read
open-seo-mcp-skills ★5546 – Free SEO MCP server + open-source SEO and GEO skills for Claude: keyword research, rank tracking, audits, backlinks, AI
zotero-mcp ★5398 – Zotero MCP: Connects your Zotero research library with Claude and other AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol to
code-graph-rag ★5258 – The ultimate RAG for your monorepo. Query, understand, and edit multi-language codebases with the power of AI and knowle
tabularis ★5215 – Open-source desktop SQL workspace with 3 built-in database drivers and 16 shipped plugins, including SQL Server, DuckDB,
exa-mcp-server ★5131 – Exa MCP for web search and web crawling!
whodb ★5037 – Where data access meets operational intelligence
marketing-skills ★4617 – Claude skills for marketing: 49 free marketing skills for Claude Code and claude.ai (Google Ads, Meta Ads, SEO, AI visib

Frequently asked questions

What is an MCP server for Cursor?

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server connects AI assistants such as Claude, Cursor or GitHub Copilot in VS Code to external tools and data. The servers on this page are focused on Cursor.

How is this list ranked?

By GitHub stars and recent activity, using public repository data refreshed on October 15, 2026.

How do I install one?

Most servers are added to your client’s MCP config file as an npx, uvx or Docker command. Our install guides for Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code walk through it step by step.

Setup: How to install MCP servers in Cursor (mcp.json guide)

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