mcp-use
Full-stack MCP framework — TypeScript and Python SDKs for building MCP servers, clients, and agents.
About
mcp-use ships both a TypeScript framework (npm mcp-use) and a Python package (PyPI mcp-use v1.7.1, verified) for building on the Model Context Protocol: MCP servers with typed views, clients, and agents, plus a built-in Inspector and deployment via Manufact.
The repo (10.7k stars, MIT) is very active — 100 releases in the last 12 months, pushed Oct 2026 — and carries a SECURITY.md. Docs live at docs.mcp-use.com.
What it can do
- Build MCP servers with fully-typed tools, native views, and MCP Apps support
- Python and TypeScript SDKs plus client libraries for connecting to any MCP server
- Built-in Inspector for testing servers during development
- Agent-building primitives on top of MCP (multi-server orchestration)
- Deploy pipeline via Manufact with observability, analytics, and evals
- MIT-licensed with a published security policy
Setup
- TypeScript:
npm install mcp-use— or Python:pip install mcp-use. - Scaffold a server (the TS quickstart gives you server, Inspector, and a client-ready landing page).
- Read the getting-started guide at docs.mcp-use.com for your language.
- Connect any MCP-compatible client (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) to your server endpoint.
- Optional: deploy via Manufact for observability, evals, and preview environments.
Prerequisites
Node.js 18+ (TypeScript) or Python 3.10+ (Python); an MCP-compatible client to connect to.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 9/10
Scored 9/10 (verified tier). The repo is exceptionally active (10.7k stars, 100 releases in 12 months, pushed days ago), MIT-licensed, with real docs and a security policy. Docked one point: the MCP framework space is crowded and churning fast, so API stability across the TS/Python split is something to watch — and as with any agent framework, you inherit the security posture of every MCP server you connect.
★ 10,748 GitHub stars
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 7.6/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 9.6/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 10.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 8.0/10
- · 10,748 GitHub stars (log-scaled vs catalog peers)
- · last push 1d ago; 100 releases/12mo; 102 open issues
- · manual review: TS+Python MCP framework (10.7k stars), 100 releases/12mo, SECURITY.md present; crowded/churning framework space
Sources
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