Best MCP Servers for LM Studio (2026)

LM Studio runs open-weight models (Llama, Mistral, Qwen and friends) entirely on your own machine, and since mid-2025 it has built-in MCP support — which means a fully local assistant can use the same tool ecosystem as the cloud agents: read files with your permission, drive a browser, query databases. Nothing leaves your machine except what a server itself sends out, which is exactly why people pair local models with MCP.

One caveat shapes this list: a model can only use tools if it supports tool calling, so pick a model with function-calling support in LM Studio. The servers below all run as local stdio commands — the configuration LM Studio documents — and clear this site's standard bar of 10+ GitHub stars, 100+ monthly downloads or a verified official tier, ranked by stars, recency and downloads.

A data-ranked shortlist of the 12 strongest MCP servers for LM Studio — every entry links to its full page with copy-paste configs. List compiled 2026-10-28; rankings refresh as the underlying data updates.

How entries are picked: An entry is eligible only if it meets at least one of: 10+ GitHub stars, 100+ monthly npm/PyPI downloads, or a verified official/reference tier on its brand page; entries meeting none of the three are excluded, as are archived repositories. Eligible entries are ranked by a score built from: GitHub stars — multiplied by 10 when the entry has a verified official/reference tier, so official status counts as ten times the community traction rather than a flat bonus; maintenance recency (last push); and npm/PyPI downloads where available. Two tie-break rules keep the list honest: when the same repository is shared by several listings, its star count does not contribute to ranking (the shared figure would otherwise swamp independent projects), and when several implementations share a product name, only the highest-scoring one is listed — the others stay in the directory. Data comes from the public MCP Registry (description, install method), GitHub repository stats and package download counts — no editorial scoring, no paid inclusion, and sponsorship never affects these lists.

Connecting MCP servers to LM Studio

LM Studio manages MCP servers from its Integrations tab, which edits the app's mcp.json: each entry is a command definition (npx, uvx or docker) plus optional environment variables — the same stdio shape the other clients use, so the JSON on each entry's full page maps over directly. If you do not see an Integrations or MCP section, update LM Studio; support landed in the 0.3.6 line in 2025. After adding a server, start it from the same tab and confirm your loaded model supports tool use before assuming the tools are broken. Remote endpoints: LM Studio's mcp.json is command-oriented, so treat remote URL support as version-dependent and check the app's current documentation.

How to install an MCP server ↗What is MCP? ↗

The shortlist at a glance

Full commands and configs are on each entry below and on the server's own page.

#	Server	What it does	Stars	Install	Transport
1	REA	Reverse engineer anything from your terminal or agent with one CLI and MCP server.	391,152	npx rea-agents	npm
2	Browser Use	Browser agents and stealth cloud browsers for AI: run web tasks, fill forms, extract data.	118,349	uvx browser-use	Python, Streamable HTTP
3	Scrapling MCP Server	Web scraping with stealth HTTP, real browsers, and Cloudflare bypass. CSS selectors supported.	88,324	uvx scrapling	Python, Docker
4	Firecrawl	🔥 Official Firecrawl MCP Server - Adds powerful web scraping and search to Cursor, Claude and any other LLM…	7,627	npx firecrawl-mcp	stdio
5	Context7	Up-to-date code docs for any prompt	63,214	npx @upstash/context7-mcp	npm, mcpb, Streamable HTTP
6	Chrome DevTools MCP	MCP server for Chrome DevTools	54,205	npx chrome-devtools-mcp	npm
7	Exa	Neural web search built for AI — semantic search, company and people research, and deep content retrieval.	5,139	npx exa-mcp-server	npm
8	Codebase Memory	Codebase knowledge graph for AI agents — 162 languages, sub-ms queries, 99% fewer tokens.	46,788	npx codebase-memory-mcp	npm, Python, mcpb
9	CCXT	Official CCXT MCP server - Market data and trading across 100+ exchanges and prediction markets	44,588	npx ccxt-mcp	npm
10	Notion	Official Notion MCP Server	4,671	npx @notionhq/notion-mcp-server	stdio
11	Azure MCP Server	All Azure MCP tools to create a seamless connection between AI agents and Azure services.	3,804	npx @azure/mcp	nuget, npm, Python, mcpb
12	Playwright	Playwright Tools for MCP	38,340	npx @playwright/mcp	npm

REA

by morluto

Reverse engineer anything from your terminal or agent with one CLI and MCP server.

⭐ 391,152 starsLast push: 2026-10-26License: MITRepository ↗Full page & details →

Install with your client

Claude Desktopconfig JSON

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rea": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "rea-agents"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude CodeCLI command

Claude Code

claude mcp add rea -- npx -y rea-agents

Cursorconfig JSON

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rea": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "rea-agents"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Codeconfig JSON

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "rea": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "rea-agents"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Windsurfconfig JSON

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rea": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "rea-agents"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Browser Use

Referenceby browser-use

Browser agents and stealth cloud browsers for AI: run web tasks, fill forms, extract data.

⭐ 118,349 starsLast push: 2026-10-17License: MIT8,061,974/mo downloadsRepository ↗Full page & details →

Install with your client

Claude Desktopconfig JSON

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "browser-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "browser-use"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude CodeCLI command

Claude Code

claude mcp add browser-mcp -- uvx browser-use

Cursorconfig JSON

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "browser-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "browser-use"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Codeconfig JSON

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "browser-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "browser-use"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Windsurfconfig JSON

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "browser-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "browser-use"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Keys / environment: X-Browser-Use-API-Key

Scrapling MCP Server

by D4Vinci

Web scraping with stealth HTTP, real browsers, and Cloudflare bypass. CSS selectors supported.

⭐ 88,324 starsLast push: 2026-10-17License: BSD-3-Clause919,855/mo downloadsRepository ↗Full page & details →

Install with your client

Claude Desktopconfig JSON

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scrapling": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scrapling"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude CodeCLI command

Claude Code

claude mcp add scrapling -- uvx scrapling

Cursorconfig JSON

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scrapling": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scrapling"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Codeconfig JSON

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "scrapling": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scrapling"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Windsurfconfig JSON

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scrapling": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "scrapling"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Firecrawl

Officialby firecrawl

🔥 Official Firecrawl MCP Server - Adds powerful web scraping and search to Cursor, Claude and any other LLM clients.

⭐ 7,627 starsLast push: 2026-10-17License: MITRepository ↗Full page & details →

Install with your client

Claude Desktopconfig JSON

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "firecrawl-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude CodeCLI command

Claude Code

claude mcp add firecrawl -- npx -y firecrawl-mcp

Cursorconfig JSON

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "firecrawl-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Codeconfig JSON

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "firecrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "firecrawl-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Windsurfconfig JSON

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "firecrawl-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Context7

by upstash

Up-to-date code docs for any prompt

⭐ 63,214 starsLast push: 2026-10-17License: MIT2,685,137/mo downloadsRepository ↗Full page & details →

Install with your client

Claude Desktopconfig JSON

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context7": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@upstash/context7-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude CodeCLI command

Claude Code

claude mcp add context7 -- npx -y @upstash/context7-mcp

Cursorconfig JSON

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context7": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@upstash/context7-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Codeconfig JSON

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "context7": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@upstash/context7-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Windsurfconfig JSON

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context7": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@upstash/context7-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Chrome DevTools MCP

by ChromeDevTools

MCP server for Chrome DevTools

⭐ 54,205 starsLast push: 2026-10-26License: Apache-2.0Repository ↗Full page & details →

Install with your client

Claude Desktopconfig JSON

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chrome-devtools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "chrome-devtools-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude CodeCLI command

Claude Code

claude mcp add chrome-devtools -- npx -y chrome-devtools-mcp

Cursorconfig JSON

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chrome-devtools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "chrome-devtools-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Codeconfig JSON

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "chrome-devtools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "chrome-devtools-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Windsurfconfig JSON

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chrome-devtools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "chrome-devtools-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Exa

Officialby exa-labs

Neural web search built for AI — semantic search, company and people research, and deep content retrieval.

⭐ 5,139 starsLast push: 2026-10-07License: MITRepository ↗Full page & details →

Install with your client

Claude Desktopconfig JSON

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exa": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "exa-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude CodeCLI command

Claude Code

claude mcp add exa -- npx -y exa-mcp-server

Cursorconfig JSON

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exa": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "exa-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Codeconfig JSON

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "exa": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "exa-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Windsurfconfig JSON

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exa": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "exa-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Codebase Memory

by DeusData

Codebase knowledge graph for AI agents — 162 languages, sub-ms queries, 99% fewer tokens.

⭐ 46,788 starsLast push: 2026-10-18License: MIT7,001/mo downloadsRepository ↗Full page & details →

Install with your client

Claude Desktopconfig JSON

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codebase-memory-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "codebase-memory-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude CodeCLI command

Claude Code

claude mcp add codebase-memory-mcp -- npx -y codebase-memory-mcp

Cursorconfig JSON

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codebase-memory-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "codebase-memory-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Codeconfig JSON

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "codebase-memory-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "codebase-memory-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Windsurfconfig JSON

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codebase-memory-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "codebase-memory-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

CCXT

by ccxt

Official CCXT MCP server - Market data and trading across 100+ exchanges and prediction markets

⭐ 44,588 starsLast push: 2026-10-26License: MITRepository ↗Full page & details →

Install with your client

Claude Desktopconfig JSON

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ccxt-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ccxt-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude CodeCLI command

Claude Code

claude mcp add ccxt-mcp -- npx -y ccxt-mcp

Cursorconfig JSON

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ccxt-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ccxt-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Codeconfig JSON

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "ccxt-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ccxt-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Windsurfconfig JSON

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ccxt-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ccxt-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

#10

Notion

Officialby makenotion

Official Notion MCP Server

⭐ 4,671 starsLast push: 2026-09-20License: MITRepository ↗Full page & details →

Install with your client

Claude Desktopconfig JSON

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notion": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@notionhq/notion-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude CodeCLI command

Claude Code

claude mcp add notion -- npx -y @notionhq/notion-mcp-server

Cursorconfig JSON

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notion": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@notionhq/notion-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Codeconfig JSON

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "notion": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@notionhq/notion-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Windsurfconfig JSON

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notion": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@notionhq/notion-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

#11

Azure MCP Server

Officialby microsoft

All Azure MCP tools to create a seamless connection between AI agents and Azure services.

⭐ 3,804 starsLast push: 2026-10-26License: MIT9,993/mo downloadsRepository ↗Full page & details →

Install with your client

Claude Desktopconfig JSON

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@azure/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude CodeCLI command

Claude Code

claude mcp add azure -- npx -y @azure/mcp

Cursorconfig JSON

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@azure/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Codeconfig JSON

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "azure": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@azure/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Windsurfconfig JSON

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@azure/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

#12

Playwright

by microsoft

Playwright Tools for MCP

⭐ 38,340 starsLast push: 2026-10-16License: Apache-2.0Repository ↗Full page & details →

Install with your client

Claude Desktopconfig JSON

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@playwright/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude CodeCLI command

Claude Code

claude mcp add playwright-mcp -- npx -y @playwright/mcp

Cursorconfig JSON

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@playwright/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Codeconfig JSON

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "playwright-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@playwright/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Windsurfconfig JSON

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@playwright/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Which LM Studio version supports MCP?

Built-in MCP support arrived in the 0.3.6 release line in 2025, managed from the Integrations tab where the app edits its mcp.json. If your build has no such tab, update the app first — older versions cannot load MCP servers at all.

How do I add an MCP server in LM Studio?

Open the Integrations tab, add a server entry and give it the command from the entry's full page on this site (npx, uvx or docker plus args), along with any environment variables it needs. Start the server there; it then appears as a tool source for capable loaded models.

Why don't tools work with my local model in LM Studio?

Tool calling is a model capability, not an LM Studio setting: the loaded model must support function calling for MCP tools to be offered. Models without tool support will simply ignore the servers. Check the model's card for tool-use support, then confirm the server itself shows as running in the Integrations tab.

Can LM Studio connect to remote MCP servers?

LM Studio's documented mcp.json format is command/stdio-oriented; remote URL support depends on your app version. Everything on this page runs locally as a command, so none of it depends on that answer — pick a remote-capable client like Claude Code or Cursor if remote endpoints are the requirement.

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