mcp-github-trending MCP Server

A MCP server that provides access to GitHub trending repositories and developers data through a simple API interface.

Features

- Access GitHub trending repositories and developers data
- Filter by programming language
- Filter by time period (daily, weekly, monthly)
- Filter by spoken language
- Returns well-formatted JSON responses

Tools

The server implements the following tools:

get_github_trending_repositories

Gets trending repositories from GitHub with the following parameters:

- language (optional): Programming language to filter repositories by (e.g. "python", "javascript")
- since (optional): Time period to filter repositories by ("daily", "weekly", "monthly"). Defaults to "daily"
- spoken_language (optional): Spoken language to filter repositories by

Example response:

[

  {

    "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

  }

]

get_github_trending_developers

Gets trending developers from GitHub with the following parameters:

- language (optional): Programming language to filter by (e.g. "python", "javascript")
- since (optional): Time period to filter by ("daily", "weekly", "monthly"). Defaults to "daily"

Example response:

[

  {

    "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"

    }

  }

]

Installation

Prerequisites

- Python 3.12

Install Steps

Install the package:

pip install mcp-github-trending

Claude Desktop Configuration

On MacOS:

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

On Windows:

%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

<details>
<summary>Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration</summary>

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

<details>
<summary>Published Servers Configuration</summary>

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

Development

Building and Publishing

1. Sync dependencies and update lockfile:

uv sync

2. Build package distributions:

uv build

3. Publish to PyPI:

uv publish

Note: Set PyPI credentials via environment variables or command flags:
- Token: --token or UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN
- Username/password: --username/UV_PUBLISH_USERNAME and --password/UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORD

Debugging

For the best debugging experience, use the MCP Inspector.

Launch the MCP Inspector via npm:

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

The Inspector will display a URL that you can access in your browser to begin debugging.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.