MCP Clients Comparison

Compare AI tools and editors that support the Model Context Protocol. Find the perfect client for your development workflow with detailed feature comparisons.

Choose Your MCP Client

Different MCP clients offer varying levels of support for MCP features. Use this comparison to find the client that best matches your needs and workflow preferences.

Understanding MCP Features

Resources

Share contextual data (files, schemas, docs) via URI-identified resources

Prompts

Structured message templates with customizable arguments

Tools

Callable functions for secure external system interaction

Discovery

Dynamic tool discovery with automatic updates

Sampling

Request AI completions with user control and approval

Roots

Define filesystem boundaries for controlled access

Elicitation

Request structured user information with consent

Client
Resources
Prompts
Tools
Discovery
Sampling
Roots
Elicitation

fast-agent

A Python Agent framework, with simple declarative support for creating Agents and Workflows, with full multi-modal support for Anthropic and OpenAI models.

VS Code GitHub Copilot

VS Code integrates MCP with GitHub Copilot through agent mode, allowing direct interaction with MCP-provided tools within your agentic coding workflow.

Cursor

An AI code editor.

mcp-use

An open source python library to very easily connect any LLM to any MCP server both locally and remotely.

AIQL TUUI

A native, cross-platform desktop AI chat application with MCP support. It supports multiple AI providers, local AI models, and aggregated API platforms.

mcp-agent

A simple, composable framework to build agents using Model Context Protocol.

AgenticFlow

A no-code AI platform that helps you build agents that handle sales, marketing, and creative tasks around the clock. Connect 2,500+ APIs and 10,000+ tools securely via MCP.

Claude Code

An interactive agentic coding tool from Anthropic that helps you code faster through natural language commands. It supports MCP integration for resources, prompts, tools, and roots.

MCPOmni-Connect

A versatile command-line interface (CLI) client designed to connect to various Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers using both stdio and SSE transport.

Simtheory

An agentic AI workspace that unifies multiple AI models, tools, and capabilities under a single subscription. It provides comprehensive MCP support through its MCP Store.

systemprompt

A voice-controlled mobile app that manages your MCP servers. Securely leverage MCP agents from your pocket. Available on iOS and Android.

Amp

An agentic coding tool built by Sourcegraph. It runs in VS Code (and compatible forks) and as a command-line tool. It’s also multiplayer.

Claude.ai

Anthropic's web-based AI assistant that provides MCP support for remote servers.

Claude Desktop App

The Claude desktop application provides comprehensive support for MCP, enabling deep integration with local tools and data sources.

Cline

An autonomous coding agent in VS Code that edits files, runs commands, uses a browser, and more–with your permission at each step.

Continue

An open-source AI code assistant, with built-in support for all MCP features.

Daydreams Agents

A generative agent framework for executing anything onchain.

Glama

A comprehensive AI workspace and integration platform that offers a unified interface to leading LLM providers. It supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem, enabling easy discovery, build, and management of MCP servers.

Goose

An open source AI agent that supercharges your software development by automating coding tasks.

Kilo Code

An autonomous coding AI dev team in VS Code that edits files, runs commands, uses a browser, and more.

Lutra

An AI agent that transforms conversations into actionable, automated workflows.

MCPHub

A powerful Neovim plugin that integrates MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers into your workflow.

Memex

The first MCP client and MCP server builder - all-in-one desktop app. Memex can create custom MCP servers from natural language prompts, immediately integrate them into its toolkit, and use them to solve problems.

oterm

A terminal client for Ollama allowing users to create chats/agents.

Postman

The most popular API client and now supports MCP server testing and debugging.

Warp

The intelligent terminal with AI and your dev team's knowledge built-in. With natural language capabilities integrated directly into an agentic command line.

Amazon Q CLI

An open-source, agentic coding assistant for terminals.

Apify MCP Tester

An open-source client that connects to any MCP server using Server-Sent Events (SSE). It is a standalone Apify Actor designed for testing MCP servers over SSE.

Call Chirp

Uses AI to capture every critical detail from your business conversations, automatically syncing insights to your CRM and project tools.

Copilot-MCP

Enables AI coding assistance via MCP.

Genkit

A cross-language SDK for building and integrating GenAI features into applications. The `genkitx-mcp` plugin enables consuming MCP servers as a client or creating MCP servers from Genkit tools and prompts.

Gemini CLI

The official Google Gemini command-line interface.

Jenova

The best MCP client for non-technical users, especially on mobile.

Klavis AI Slack/Discord/Web

An Open-Source Infra to Use, Build & Scale MCPs with ease.

Microsoft Copilot Studio

A robust SaaS platform designed for building custom AI-driven applications and intelligent agents.

MooPoint

A web-based AI chat platform built for developers and advanced users, letting you interact with multiple large language models (LLMs) through a single, unified interface.

Roo Code

Enables AI coding assistance via MCP.

Windsurf Editor

An agentic IDE that combines AI assistance with developer workflows. It features an innovative AI Flow system that enables both collaborative and independent AI interactions.

Zed

A high-performance code editor with built-in MCP support, focusing on prompt templates and tool integration.

5ire

An open-source cross-platform desktop AI assistant that supports tools through MCP servers.

AgentAI

A Rust library designed to simplify the creation of AI agents. The library includes seamless integration with MCP Servers.

Amazon Q IDE

An open-source, agentic coding assistant for IDEs.

Augment Code

An AI-powered coding platform for VS Code and JetBrains with autonomous agents, chat, and completions. Backed by full codebase awareness and native support for MCP.

BeeAI Framework

An open-source framework for building, deploying, and serving powerful agentic workflows at scale. Includes the **MCP Tool** for easy integration.

BoltAI

A native, all-in-one AI chat client with MCP support. Supports multiple AI providers, including local AI models.

Chatbox

A better UI and desktop app for ChatGPT, Claude, and other LLMs, available on Windows, Mac, Linux, and the web. It's open-source.

ChatGPT

OpenAI's AI assistant that provides MCP support for remote servers to conduct deep research.

ChatWise

A desktop-optimized, high-performance chat application that lets you bring your own API keys. It supports a wide range of LLMs and integrates with MCP to enable tool workflows.

Chorus

A native Mac app for chatting with AIs. Chat with multiple models at once, run tools and MCPs, create projects, quick chat, bring your own key, all in a blazing fast, keyboard shortcut friendly app.

CodeGPT

A popular VS Code and Jetbrains extension that brings AI-powered coding assistance to your editor. It supports integration with MCP servers for tools.

Emacs Mcp

An Emacs client designed to interface with MCP servers, enabling seamless connections and interactions.

FlowDown

A blazing fast and smooth client app for using AI/LLM, with a strong emphasis on privacy and user experience. It supports MCP servers to extend its capabilities with external tools.

FLUJO

An desktop application that integrates with MCP to provide a workflow-builder interface for AI interactions. Built with Next.js and React, it supports both online and offline (ollama) models.

GenAIScript

Programmatically assemble prompts for LLMs using GenAIScript (in JavaScript). Orchestrate LLMs, tools, and data in JavaScript.

GitHub Copilot coding agent

Delegate tasks to GitHub Copilot coding agent and let it work in the background while you stay focused on the highest-impact and most interesting work.

gptme

An open-source terminal-based personal AI assistant/agent, designed to assist with programming tasks and general knowledge work.

HyperAgent

Playwright supercharged with AI. Extend the capability of HyperAgent using MCP servers.

JetBrains AI Assistant

The JetBrains AI Assistant plugin provides AI-powered features for software development available in all JetBrains IDEs.

Langflow

An open-source visual builder that lets developers rapidly prototype and build AI applications, it integrates with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as both an MCP server and an MCP client.

LibreChat

An open-source, customizable AI chat UI that supports multiple AI providers, now including MCP integration.

LM Studio

A cross-platform desktop app for discovering, downloading, and running open-source LLMs locally. You can now connect local models to tools via Model Context Protocol (MCP).

mcp-client-chatbot

A local-first chatbot built with Vercel's Next.js, AI SDK, and Shadcn UI.

modelcontextchat.com

A web-based MCP client designed for working with remote MCP servers, featuring comprehensive authentication support and integration with OpenRouter.

MindPal

A no-code platform for building and running AI agents and multi-agent workflows for business processes.

Mistral AI: Le Chat

Mistral AI assistant with MCP support for remote servers and enterprise workflows.

Msty Studio

A privacy-first AI productivity platform that seamlessly integrates local and online language models (LLMs) into customizable workflows.

NVIDIA Agent Intelligence toolkit

A flexible, lightweight, and unifying library that allows you to easily connect existing enterprise agents to data sources and tools across any framework.

OpenSumi

A framework helps you quickly build AI Native IDE products.

RecurseChat

A powerful, fast, local-first chat client with MCP support. Supports multiple AI providers including LLaMA.cpp, Ollama, and OpenAI, Anthropic.

Shortwave

An AI-powered email client that supports MCP tools to enhance email productivity and workflow automation.

Slack MCP Client

Acts as a bridge between Slack and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Using Slack as the interface, it enables large language models (LLMs) to connect and interact with various MCP servers.

Sourcegraph Cody

Sourcegraph's AI coding assistant, which implements MCP through OpenCTX.

SpinAI

An open-source TypeScript framework for building observable AI agents. The framework provides native MCP compatibility.

Superinterface

AI infrastructure and a developer platform to build in-app AI assistants with support for MCP, interactive components, client-side function calling and more.

Superjoin

Brings the power of MCP directly into Google Sheets extension. Users can access and invoke MCP tools and agents without leaving their spreadsheets.

Tambo

A platform for building custom chat experiences in React, with integrated custom user interface components.

Tencent CloudBase AI DevKit

A tool for building AI agents in minutes, featuring zero-code tools, secure data integration, and extensible plugins via MCP.

TheiaAI/TheiaIDE

A framework for building AI-enhanced tools and IDEs. The AI-powered Theia IDE is an open and flexible development environment built on Theia AI.

Tome

An open source cross-platform desktop app designed for working with local LLMs and MCP servers. It is designed to be beginner friendly.

TypingMind App

An advanced frontend for LLMs with MCP support. TypingMind supports all popular LLM providers.

WhatsMCP

An MCP client for WhatsApp. WhatsMCP lets you interact with your AI stack from the comfort of a WhatsApp chat.

Witsy

An AI desktop assistant, supporting Anthropic models and MCP servers as LLM tools.

Zencoder

A coding agent that's available as an extension for VS Code and JetBrains family of IDEs.

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