The mcp-github-trending server provides access to GitHub trending data:

• Access trending repositories and developers via get_github_trending_repositories and get_github_trending_developers functions

• Filter results by:

  • Programming language (e.g., Python, JavaScript)

  • Time period (daily, weekly, monthly)

  • Spoken language

• Returns well-formatted JSON responses for both repositories and developers

Provides access to GitHub trending repositories and developers data, with filtering capabilities by programming language, time period, and spoken language

1. Click on "Install Server".

2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.

3. In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@mcp-github-trending show me trending Python repositories from this week"

That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.

Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.

[
 {
 "name": "repository-name",
 "fullname": "owner/repository-name",
 "url": "https://github.com/owner/repository-name",
 "description": "Repository description",
 "language": "Python",
 "stars": 1000,
 "forks": 100,
 "current_period_stars": 50
 }
]

[
 {
 "username": "developer",
 "name": "Developer Name",
 "url": "https://github.com/developer",
 "avatar": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/123456",
 "repo": {
 "name": "repository-name",
 "description": "Repository description",
 "url": "https://github.com/developer/repository-name"
 }
 }
]

pip install mcp-github-trending

~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
 "mcpServers": {
 "mcp-github-trending": {
 "command": "uv",
 "args": [
 "--directory",
 "/path/to/mcp-github-trending",
 "run",
 "mcp-github-trending"
 ]
 }
 }
}

{
 "mcpServers": {
 "mcp-github-trending": {
 "command": "uvx",
 "args": [
 "mcp-github-trending"
 ]
 }
 }
}

uv sync

uv build

uv publish

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory /path/to/mcp-github-trending run mcp-github-trending