iflow-mcp_mcp-github-trending 0.1.0

A Model Context Protocol server providing GitHub trending repositories information for LLMs

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

Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration

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

Published Servers Configuration

{
  "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.