Gitingest-MCP

An MCP server for gitingest. This allows MCP clients like Claude Desktop, Cline, Cursor, etc to quickly extract information about Github repositories including

Local serverstdio

What is the Gitingest-MCP Server?

Gitingest-MCP is an MCP project maintained in the opengig/gitingest-mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “An MCP server for gitingest. This allows MCP clients like Claude Desktop, Cline, Cursor, etc to quickly extract information about Github repositories including”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using <path to uv>/uvx. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Gitingest-MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitingest-mcp": {
      "command": "<path to uv>/uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/puravparab/gitingest-mcp",
        "gitingest-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.