Model Context Protocol Wrapped*
The AI interop protocol that just took off
*Only applies to 2025 — the first year MCP has ever existed. Give it a break!
MCP was all about engaging with the community on GitHub this year
Not Just An Experiment
modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol
More and more developers paid attention to MCP this year, and all the improvements to its spec, proving it's not just a small project anymore
GitHub Stars
GitHub Star Growth
modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol
33 Nov 2024
→
6,638 Dec 2025
+20,015% Growth
Top Spec and Docs Contributors
modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol
2,242 total commits
Discuss, Discuss Some More
Here are the most chatty proposals that had a direct impact on the direction of the specification
Hotly Debated Topic
Some of the most chatty topics for discussion were around, not surprisingly, security - developers and organizational leaders want to make sure their data is secure when consumed by LLMs
But it's not just the spec repo that kept growing...
Building Blocks For Everyone
modelcontextprotocol/servers
The official reference implementations that helped developers bootstrap their own MCP servers
GitHub Stars
Servers Repo Growth
modelcontextprotocol/servers
370 Nov 2024
→
74,651 Dec 2025
+20,075% Growth
Top Servers Contributors
modelcontextprotocol/servers
3,182 total commits
Our favorite tool, the Inspector, also grew leaps and bounds!
The Go-To Debugging Tool
modelcontextprotocol/inspector
The Inspector became the essential companion for MCP server development
GitHub Stars
Inspector Star Growth
modelcontextprotocol/inspector
7 Nov 2024
→
8,003 Dec 2025
+114,228% Growth
Top Inspector Contributors
modelcontextprotocol/inspector
1,040 total commits
But MCP is also more than the spec, servers, and Inspector...
The MCP Ecosystem
Stars across all modelcontextprotocol repositories
The MCP Registry Public Preview started gaining steam this year too!
MCP Registry
The community came together to index MCP servers in one centralized registry
Server Distribution
Remote servers are hosted endpoints, local servers are packages you run yourself
Remote Server Transports
There's two ways in which remote servers can communicate (although SSE is deprecated now)
Local Server Packages
Package registries used by local MCP servers
Distribution Method Of Choice
Congratulations to NPM for being the distribution method of choice for local MCP servers.
We also grew our own home where contributors hang out!
MCP Contributors Discord
Community members collaborating on the protocol
Members
Discord Member Growth
MCP Contributors Discord
825 Aug 21
→
2,982 Dec 18
+261% Growth
*Analytics are catching up with the real member number
What a Year!
THANK YOU
To everyone who adopted MCP, built clients and servers, contributed code, reported issues, and helped shape the future of AI interoperability—this year wouldn't have been possible without you. The community's passion and dedication have transformed MCP from a protocol into a movement.