GitHub Trending MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that fetches GitHub trending repositories and filters them by keywords, programming language, and time period.

Key Features

• Fetch trending repositories from GitHub

• Filter by keywords (default: "mcp", "model context protocol", "skill")

• Filter by programming language (Python, TypeScript, Rust, etc.)

• Filter by time period (daily, weekly, monthly)

• Rich response format with keyword match details and locations

• Runs as a standard MCP server over stdio

Installation

From PyPI

pip install yw-github-trending-mcp

From Source

git clone https://github.com/snyangwei2/yw-github-trending-mcp.git
cd yw-github-trending-mcp
pip install -e .

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Configuration

Add the server to your MCP client configuration. Below are examples for Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop (macOS)

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-trending": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "github_trending_mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop (Windows)

Edit %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-trending": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "python", "-m", "github_trending_mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Tip: If you installed the package in a virtual environment, use the full path to the Python binary instead of just "python".

Usage

Once configured, you can ask your MCP client natural language questions like:

• "Show me trending MCP repositories on GitHub"

• "What are the trending Python repositories this week?"

• "Find trending repos related to model context protocol"

• "Show me weekly trending Rust projects"

• "Are there any trending repositories about skills or MCP?"

The server will scrape GitHub Trending, filter results by your criteria, and return a formatted markdown response.

Tool: get_trending_repos

The server exposes a single tool with the following parameters:

Example Response

# GitHub Trending Repositories

Found 3 repositories matching keywords: mcp, model context protocol, skill

## 1. anthropics/mcp-server
**URL:** https://github.com/anthropics/mcp-server
**Description:** Reference implementation of the Model Context Protocol
**Language:** TypeScript
**Stars:** 12,345 (+230 today)
**Forks:** 1,024
**Matched Keywords:** mcp, model context protocol
  - 'mcp' found in: name, description
  - 'model context protocol' found in: description

Development

Setup

git clone https://github.com/snyangwei2/yw-github-trending-mcp.git
cd yw-github-trending-mcp
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Run Tests

pytest

Format Code

black src/ tests/

Type Check

mypy src/

Lint

ruff check src/ tests/

Publishing

PyPI

pip install build twine
python -m build
twine upload dist/*

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! To get started:

1. Fork the repository

2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature)

3. Make your changes and add tests

4. Run the test suite (pytest)

5. Run formatting and linting (black src/ tests/ && ruff check src/ tests/)

6. Submit a pull request