MCP Clients
MCP clients are the applications that connect to MCP servers.
LM Studio
Free(2)- Desktop
- Tools
LM Studio is a desktop app for running open-source LLMs locally on Mac, Windows and Linux via llama.cpp and MLX. It supports MCP, so local models can call tools and read resources from any MCP server you configure.
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- Desktop
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- Discovery
- Instructions
- Sampling
- Roots
- Elicitation
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- CIMD
- DCR
VS Code integrates MCP with GitHub Copilot through agent mode, allowing direct interaction with MCP-provided tools within your agentic coding workflow.
TypeScriptMIT License Windsurf
Free(2)- Desktop
- Tools
- Discovery
Windsurf (formerly Codeium) is an agentic IDE forked from VS Code, built around AI pair programming. It speaks MCP, so any MCP server you connect becomes a tool the agent can call inside Cascade chats and edits.
TypeScriptZed
Free(3)- Desktop
- Tools
- Prompts
Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. Its agent panel speaks MCP, so any MCP server you configure becomes a tool the assistant can call alongside your codebase context.
Rustaskit-mcp
Free(2)- CLI
- Tools
AskIt is a Python asyncio library and CLI that lets LLM models call tools from MCP servers as well as locally-defined Python functions. Supports STDIO, SSE and Streamable HTTP transports and multiple LLM providers including OpenAI and xAI.
PythonDolphin-MCP
Free(2)- CLI
- Tools
Dolphin-MCP is an open-source multi-server bridging client for MCP. It lets you connect any MCP-compatible server to any LLM (local or remote), enabling flexible tool usage and resource access in real time.
PythonKiln AI
Paid(2)- Desktop
- Tools
Kiln is a free tool for building production-ready AI systems. It runs locally, supports MCP tool calling, RAG pipelines, evaluations, agents, synthetic data generation and fine-tuning — with both a desktop app and a Python library.
Pythonmcpc
Free(2)- CLI
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- Resources
- Prompts
- Discovery
- Instructions
mcpc is a MCP CLI client that maps MCP operations to intuitive commands for interactive shell use, scripts, and AI coding agents. It is useful for inspecting servers, scripting, and enabling AI coding agents to use MCP "code mode" in shell.
MCP CLI client
Free(2)- CLI
- Tools
A small command-line MCP client that runs an LLM prompt against any MCP server. Useful for quickly testing tools, prompts and resources without spinning up a UI.
PythonMIT LicenseMemex
Paid(2)- Desktop
- Tools
- Resources
- Prompts
Memex is a desktop app that is both an MCP client and an MCP server builder. Generate functional MCP servers from natural language, test and debug them autonomously, then use them in the same conversation alongside any existing MCP server.
Nerve
Free(2)- CLI
- Tools
Nerve is an ADK (Agent Development Kit) and CLI designed to be a simple yet powerful platform for creating and executing LLM-based agents fully integrated with MCP.
Python- PythonMIT License
Postman
Paid(2)- Desktop
- Web
- Tools
- Resources
- Prompts
- Discovery
- Sampling
- Elicitation
- Apps
Postman is the platform where teams build those APIs together. With built-in support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), Postman helps you design, test, and manage APIs that power both human workflows and intelligent agents.
Tambo
Free(2)- Web
- Tools
- Prompts
- Discovery
- Sampling
- Elicitation
SDK for integrating natural language control, with MCP support, into your React app.
JavaScriptTypeScripty-cli
Free(2)- CLI
- Tools
A tiny command-line interface chat application that brings AI conversations to your terminal. Features include chat data storage in JSONL files, interactive chat interface, support for multiple bot configurations compatible with OpenAI chat completi…
PythonMIT LicenseArgo-LocalAI
Free(2)- Desktop
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Argo is a localized large model agent builder. Build agents with local & Cloud LLMs, RAG, MCP tools. Users can share these creations in our community, download AI agents from others. Key features: * Download opensource LLMs from ollama, huggingface…
Pythonconsole-chat-gpt
Free(2)- CLI
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Enjoy seamless interactions with ChatGPT, MistralAI, Claude by Anthropic, Grok by xAI, Gemini by Google and DeepSeek directly from your command line. Elevate your chat experience with efficiency and ease.
TypeScriptApache 2.0DeepChat
Free(2)- Desktop
- Tools
DeepChat is a cross-platform desktop AI assistant, MCP client. DeepChat brings the power of AI to your desktop with privacy and efficiency, making it your ideal companion for productive work.
TypeScriptApache 2.0MCPOmni Connect
Free(2)- CLI
- Tools
- Resources
- Prompts
- Sampling
A powerful universal CLI client for MCP Servers that provides seamless integration with multiple protocols, AI models, and tools through an intelligent interface.
PythonMIT License- (2)
- Desktop
- Web
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Add MCP Capabilities to Chatgpt, Gemini, Grok, Google AI Studio, DeepSeek, AI Studio, OpenRouter, T3 Chat, Mistral and Github Copilot. This extension allows you to connect to any MCP server and use its tools, models, and capabilities directly from y…
TypeScript Runbear
Paid(2)- Slack
- Tools
Runbear enables teams to easily create AI agents in communication tools like Slack, MS Teams, and HubSpot. It supports MCP through remote transports and provides managed MCP servers for easy integration.
SeekChat
Free(2)- Desktop
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SeekChat supports MCP tool execution, enabling AI to directly control your computer and perform various tasks. Easily automate file management, data analysis, code development, and more, turning AI into a truly intelligent assistant.
TypeScriptApache 2.0Witsy
Free(2)- Desktop
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Witsy is a cross-platform AI desktop assistant that hooks into every major LLM provider and is one keyboard shortcut away. It supports MCP servers, giving the assistant access to external tools and data sources.
TypeScriptApache 2.0zin-mcp-client
Free(2)- CLI
- Web
- Tools
A powerful yet lightweight, fast, simple and flexible client for interacting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers through local LLMs. This tool allows you to connect to and utilize various tools from multiple MCP servers through an easy-to-use…
PythonApache 2.0ChatMCP
Free(3)- Desktop
- Tools
ChatMCP is an AI chat client implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
DartApache 2.0AstrBot
Free(2)- Tools
AstrBot is an open-source, multi-platform LLM chatbot framework that ships with MCP support. Deploy bots to QQ, Telegram, Discord and more, and let them call any MCP-compatible tool from inside a conversation.
PythonTypeScriptCherry Studio
Free(4)- Desktop
- Tools
Cherry Studio is a desktop client that supports for multiple LLM providers, available on Windows, Mac and Linux.
TypeScriptAgent-cli
Paid(2)- Tools
A command-line AI tool built on the Model Context Protocol, providing streaming chat interaction and tool calling. Supports NapCat connection to QQ.
MCP Chatbot
Free(2)- CLI
- Tools
This CLI chatbot demo integrates the Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling tool support via MCP servers and compatibility with any OpenAI API-standard LLM provider.
PythonMIT License- Rust
AgentOne
Paid(0)- Desktop
- Tools
- CIMD
- DCR
AgentOne is a fully-featured AI agent desktop app that takes a goal in plain language and carries it out end-to-end across your apps. It connects 4000+ AI models from 30+ providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Cerebras, and more) with 7,000+ extensio…
RustTypeScriptAIQL TUUI
Free(0)- Desktop
- Tools
- Resources
- Prompts
- Discovery
- Sampling
- Elicitation
AIQL TUUI is a native, cross-platform desktop AI chat application with MCP support. It supports multiple AI providers (e.g., Anthropic, Cloudflare, Deepseek, OpenAI, Qwen), local AI models (via vLLM, Ray, etc.), and aggregated API platforms (such as…
Apache 2.0Chatbox
Free(0)- Desktop
- Tools
Chatbox is a better UI and desktop app for ChatGPT, Claude, and other LLMs, available on Windows, Mac, Linux, and the web. It's open-source and has garnered 37K stars on GitHub.
Joey
Free(0)- Mobile
- Tools
- Prompts
- Sampling
- Elicitation
- Apps
Joey is a mobile-first MCP client for iOS and Android (also available on macOS, Windows, and Linux) that connects to AI models via OpenRouter and remote MCP servers over Streamable HTTP.
Tome
Free(0)- Desktop
- Tools
Tome is an open source cross-platform desktop app designed for working with local LLMs and MCP servers. It is designed to be beginner friendly and abstract away the nitty gritty of configuration for people getting started with MCP.
Apache 2.0