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io.github.github/github-mcp-server · Repository · version 1.9.0 · 32k stars · listed from registry
Install
The sweep pulls the image and runs it in a throwaway container, but this is the command a user would run:
docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:1.9.0
Results by platform
Linux
installs and connects2026-08-16 · probed over oci2 recorded runs, oldest first.
tools/list returned 44 tools.
add_comment_to_pending_review add_issue_comment add_reply_to_pull_request_comment assign_copilot_to_issue create_branch create_or_update_file create_pull_request create_repository delete_file fork_repository get_commit get_file_contents get_label get_latest_release get_me get_release_by_tag get_tag get_team_members get_teams issue_read issue_write list_branches list_commits list_issue_fields list_issue_types list_issues list_pull_requests list_releases list_repository_collaborators list_tags merge_pull_request pull_request_read pull_request_review_write push_files request_copilot_review search_code search_commits search_issues search_pull_requests search_repositories search_users sub_issue_write update_pull_request update_pull_request_branch
macOS
not tested2026-08-162 recorded runs, oldest first.
docker not available on this runner, so container distributions are probed on Linux only
Windows
not tested2026-08-162 recorded runs, oldest first.
docker not available on this runner, so container distributions are probed on Linux only
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