The best MCP servers, according to hackers
21 MCP servers were recommended on Hacker News between November 2025 and November 2026. We rank them by how many separate people recommend each one, and 5 earn the Hacker Approved badge.
Top picks
The three most recommended MCP servers with the badge. Each figure is 2 people. RecommendsCriticizes One comment
Keeps library docs current for agents
Gives coding agents current library documentation over MCP, so answers rely less on outdated training data. Critics say it returns whole pages that crowd the context window.
Symbol-level search and editing
Free open-source MCP server giving coding agents symbol-level search and editing, with less token churn and fewer loops.
Shrinks large tool output
People use it to shrink large tool output before it fills context, keeping results searchable. Critics say the 98% savings cover only built-in tools and CLI wrappers.
All 21 MCP servers, ranked
Select a column heading to sort. Approval share is recommenders out of everyone who gave an opinion; the tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs. Months counts the months, out of 13, in which someone recommended it.
| Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tied 1 | Playwright MCP | 40 | 22 | 65% | 11 | — | — |
| Tied 1 | Context7 | 40 | 7 | 85% | 10 | — | Approved |
| 3 | Chrome DevTools MCP | 36 | 22 | 62% | 9 | — | — |
| 4 | Serena MCP | 18 | 3 | 86% | 9 | — | Approved |
| 5 | Context Mode | 16 | 1 | 94% | 6 | — | Approved |
| 6 | Figma MCP | 15 | 16 | 48% | 9 | — | — |
| 7 | Blender MCP | 13 | 3 | 81% | 7 | — | Approved |
| 8 | Tidewave | 12 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Tied 9 | Atlassian MCP server | 9 | 11 | 45% | 5 | — | — |
| Tied 9 | Ableton Live MCP | 9 | 2 | 82% | 4 | — | — |
| Tied 11 | Linear MCP | 8 | 4 | 67% | 4 | — | — |
| Tied 11 | Safari MCP | 8 | 2 | 80% | 3 | — | — |
| Tied 13 | GitHub MCP server | 7 | 15 | 32% | 7 | — | — |
| Tied 13 | Vesper | 7 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| Tied 13 | Paper Lantern | 7 | 1 | 88% | 2 | — | — |
| Tied 13 | Study Bible MCP | 7 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| Tied 17 | Chrome MCP | 6 | 2 | 75% | 6 | — | — |
| Tied 17 | Octocode MCP | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Tied 19 | Cloudflare MCP | 5 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| Tied 19 | Jira MCP server | 5 | 9 | 36% | 4 | — | — |
| Tied 19 | Pglens | 5 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
How we rank
Rank is the number of separate people who recommend a product in a Hacker News comment over the past year. Someone who praises the same MCP server in five threads counts once.
The badge goes to MCP servers that at least 10 people recommend, with recommenders outnumbering critics at least 2 to 1, recommended in at least 4 of the 13 months.
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