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Every MCP server, in one registry

Glama is the registry of 10,000+ Model Context Protocol servers – a superset of the official MCP Registry, where every server is maintainer-verified, continuously rebuilt, and scored for quality and safety. Test any of them in your browser, install locally, or deploy in one click.

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21,704 MCP servers · 2,281 MCP connectors · 124,445 MCP tools · Last indexed

Two ways to run MCP

Two kinds of MCP servers live on Glama. Pick the path that matches where yours lives.

Open-source MCP servers

Free to browse and install locally · Paid to host on Glama

Open-source MCP servers, built by the community and fully indexed by Glama. Find the right one, try it instantly, and run it wherever suits you.

  • Every server scanned: tools, schemas, license, quality score
  • Test in your browser – ephemeral sandbox, no install
  • Install locally or deploy to Glama with one click
Browse 21,704 servers

Hosted MCP connectors

Free to use – no paywall

Hosted MCP connectors are remote endpoints someone else already runs. Glama helps you find them and, when you want the extras, fronts them with a gateway you own.

  • Every remote MCP service – Linear, Stripe, PostHog, and more – in one place
  • Connect directly, or route through the Glama Gateway for auth, logs, and access control
  • One endpoint works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and VS Code
Browse 2,281 connectors

Test any MCP server in your browser – no install

Paste a server URL into the Glama MCP Inspector and we spin up an ephemeral sandbox. List tools, call them with structured inputs, watch the raw JSON-RPC fly. OAuth flows, bearer tokens, custom headers – all handled in-browser. Share the debug session as a URL.

A study of 10,831 MCP servers found that LLMs select tools with well-written descriptions 260% more often. Read the research →

The most-used MCP servers across the Glama registry.

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Hosted connectors ready to plug into any MCP-compatible client – proxied through the Glama Gateway.

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Browse MCP servers by category

86 curated categories spanning databases, developer tools, agents, and more.

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Put the Glama MCP Gateway in front of your agents

One reverse proxy in front of every MCP server and connector your agents use – hosted, remote, or your own – with full logging, per-tool access control, managed OAuth credentials, and usage analytics.

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Building an MCP server? Put it on Glama

Reach thousands of AI developers, let them try your server without installing anything, and – if you want – skip the infrastructure entirely.

Explore the MCP ecosystem

Tools, clients, and playgrounds – everything you need to work with MCP in one place.

MCP questions, answered

The protocol, the ecosystem, and how Glama fits into it.

What is an MCP server?

An MCP server is a small program that exposes tools, resources, and prompts to an AI client over the Model Context Protocol. It speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over stdio, Server-Sent Events, or Streamable HTTP – and once connected, the AI can call any tool the server defines.

MCP-compatible clients include Claude Desktop, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Zed, and JetBrains IDEs. One MCP server works across all of them – you install it once, every client can use it.

Glama indexes every MCP server in the ecosystem – browse by category, search across every tool they expose, or deploy a hosted connector in one click.

What are MCP connectors?

An MCP connector is a pre-configured MCP server you can plug into an AI client in one step. In Claude, ChatGPT, and other clients, any remote MCP server a user has added to their account shows up as a "connector".

A Glama connector goes further. It adds hosting, managed credentials, and per-tool access control on top of the underlying server – so you don't have to run the server, store the tokens, or touch any config. Paste the Glama URL into Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor, and the Glama Gateway does the rest.

How do I add an MCP server to Cursor?

Open Cursor Settings → Features → MCP → + Add New MCP Server, or edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json directly. Each server takes a command, an args array, and an optional env map – for example, command: "npx" with args: ["-y", "@example/mcp-server"].

Pick any server from the Glama registry – each server page shows the exact JSON block to paste, pre-filled for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and VS Code. To test a remote server before adding it, use the Glama MCP Inspector – no install required.

How do I add an MCP server to Claude Desktop or Claude Code?

In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Developer → Edit Config – that opens claude_desktop_config.json. Add your server under the mcpServers key using the same command/args/env structure Cursor uses, then quit and relaunch Claude Desktop.

In Claude Code, run claude mcp add <name> <command> from your terminal – it writes the entry to your project's MCP config directly.

Every server on the Glama registry ships with a pre-filled config block for both clients – copy it, paste it, done. To test a server remotely before wiring it up, open the Glama MCP Inspector and point it at the server URL.

Can I search for a specific MCP tool, not just a server?

Yes. When you know what capability you need but don't know which server provides it, tool-level search gets you there in one query.

Glama indexes every tool exposed by every server in its registry – names, descriptions, input schemas, and the MCP annotation hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint) that tell you whether a tool is safe to run in automated agent loops. You can search for capabilities like:

  • query Postgres – find every database-query tool
  • send email – find every email-sending tool
  • generate Figma component – find every Figma-integration tool

Once you've found a matching tool, you can either install the underlying server yourself or plug in the Glama-hosted connector for that server in one click. Few other MCP directories index at the tool level.

How is Glama different from the official MCP registry?

The official MCP Registry is a vendor-neutral index of MCP server metadata maintained by the MCP steering group – the canonical source of truth for publicly published servers.

Glama builds on top of it with much deeper per-connector data and a full control plane:

  • Rich metadata on every connector – health checks, quality scores, security audits, tool schemas with annotations, usage telemetry, license info, and maintainer notes
  • One-click hosting on managed infrastructure
  • Full observability and control over every call – JSON-RPC logging, per-tool access control, managed OAuth credentials, and usage analytics

Use the official registry for vendor-neutral metadata. Use Glama when you need depth, observability, and control over production MCP traffic. See our indexing methodology for the full technical description of how every server in the Glama registry is built, introspected, audited, and scored.

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