MCP Clients
MCP clients are the applications that connect to MCP servers.
ChatGPT
Paid(3)- Desktop
- CLI
- Web
- Mobile
- Tools
- DCR
OpenAI's flagship conversational AI assistant. Connects to remote MCP servers via developer settings, letting ChatGPT call external tools and read from your own data sources during a conversation.
askit-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.
Pythonmcpc
Free(2)- CLI
- Tools
- 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 LicenseNerve
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
y-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 Licenseconsole-chat-gpt
Free(2)- CLI
- Tools
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 2.0MCPOmni 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 Licensezin-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 2.0JDBCX
Free(2)- CLI
- Tools
JDBCX extends JDBC by providing enhanced support for data formats and compression, object mapping, advanced type conversion, multi-language query capabilities, and MCP support.
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
Amazon Q CLI
Free(0)- CLI
- Tools
- Prompts
Amazon Q CLI is an open-source, agentic coding assistant for terminals.
Amp
Free(0)- CLI
- VS Code Extension
- JetBrains Plugin
- Tools
- Resources
- Prompts
- Sampling
Amp is an agentic coding tool built by Sourcegraph. It runs in VS Code (and compatible forks like Cursor, Windsurf, and VSCodium), JetBrains IDEs, Neovim, and as a command-line tool. It's also multiplayer — you can share threads and collaborate with…
Bob Shell
Free(0)- CLI
- Tools
- Prompts
- Instructions
- DCR
Bob Shell brings IBM Bob's AI capabilities to your command line.
Codex
Free(0)- CLI
- Tools
- Resources
- Elicitation
Codex is a lightweight AI-powered coding agent from OpenAI that runs in your terminal.
Gemini CLI
Free(0)- CLI
- Tools
- Prompts
- Instructions
- DCR
Gemini CLI is an open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.
gptme
Free(0)- CLI
- Tools
gptme is a open-source terminal-based personal AI assistant/agent, designed to assist with programming tasks and general knowledge work.
opencode
Free(0)- Desktop
- CLI
- Tools
- Resources
- Prompts
OpenCode is an open source AI coding agent. It’s available as a terminal-based interface, desktop app, or IDE extension.
VT Code
Free(0)- CLI
- Tools
- Resources
- Prompts
- Discovery
- Sampling
- Roots
- Elicitation
VT Code is a terminal coding agent that integrates with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, focusing on predictable tool permissions and robust transport controls.
Warp
Free(0)- CLI
- Tools
- Resources
- Discovery
Warp is the intelligent terminal with AI and your dev team's knowledge built-in. With natural language capabilities integrated directly into an agentic command line, Warp enables developers to code, automate, and collaborate more efficiently -- all…