Model Context Protocol

Repolode MCP

Let Claude, Cursor and other AI tools search Repolode directly: find open-source projects, read their write-ups, look up alternatives to a product and see what's trending. Free, no API key.

Server URL

https://repolode.com/mcp

Free and read-only. Requests are rate-limited per IP; data refreshes daily.

Add it to your tool

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http repolode https://repolode.com/mcp

Cursor · ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "repolode": {
      "url": "https://repolode.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code · .vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "repolode": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://repolode.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude (claude.ai / desktop): Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, paste the URL.

Any MCP client that supports remote servers over Streamable HTTP can use the URL above.

Tools

search_repos: Search Repolode's curated open-source projects by keyword, category or programming language. Returns name, one-line summary, stars, weekly star gain, license and links.
get_repo: Full Repolode write-up of one GitHub project: summary, description, features, use cases, quick start commands, limitations, license, stars and what it replaces.
find_alternatives: Open-source alternatives to a commercial product or service (e.g. 'Notion', 'Google Analytics', 'Zapier'), most-starred first.
trending: Projects that gained the most GitHub stars over the last 7 days, optionally within one category.
list_collections: Repolode's topic collections (e.g. AI agents, MCP servers, self-hosted apps) with their slug and project count.
get_collection: Projects in one topic collection, by slug from list_collections.