Forgejo MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides Claude Desktop with tools to interact with Forgejo repositories.

Features

• List repositories

• Get repository information

• List issues with filtering by state

• Create new issues

• Read file contents from repositories

• List, view, and create pull requests

Related MCP server: forgejo-mcp

Installation

git clone https://github.com/nsvk13/forgejo-mcp-server
cd forgejo-mcp-server
npm install
npm run build

Configuration

Environment Variables

Set the following environment variables:

• FORGEJO_BASE_URL: Your Forgejo instance URL (e.g., https://your-forgejo.com)

• FORGEJO_TOKEN: Your Forgejo API token

Generating a Forgejo API Token

1. Go to your Forgejo instance

2. Navigate to Settings → Applications

3. Generate a new token with appropriate permissions

4. Copy the token for use in configuration

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration file:

Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "forgejo": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/forgejo-mcp-server/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "FORGEJO_BASE_URL": "https://your-forgejo-instance.com",
        "FORGEJO_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the path and credentials with your actual values.

Usage

After configuration, restart Claude Desktop. You can then use commands like:

• "List my Forgejo repositories"

• "Show issues in repository owner/repo-name"

• "Create an issue in repository with title 'Bug report'"

• "Show the contents of README.md from repository"

Available Tools

• list_repositories: Get list of user repositories

• get_repository: Get detailed repository information

• list_issues: List issues with optional state filtering

• create_issue: Create a new issue

• get_file_content: Read file contents from repository

• list_pull_requests: List pull requests with optional state filtering

• get_pull_request: Get a single pull request by its number

• create_pull_request: Open a new pull request from a head branch into a base branch

Development

# Build the project
npm run build

# Run in development mode
npm run dev

Requirements

• Node.js 18 or higher

• TypeScript

• Valid Forgejo instance with API access