Alternatives to mcptools
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. mcptools itself: install mcptools.
http-server
A simple, zero-configuration, command-line http server
kubernetes-mcp-server
Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Kubernetes and OpenShift
proxygen
A collection of C++ HTTP libraries including an easy to use HTTP server
mcp-server-chart
🤖 A visualization mcp & skills contains 25+ visual charts using @antvis. Using for chart generation and data analysis
mcp-proxy
A bridge between Streamable HTTP and stdio MCP transports
kotlin-language-server
Kotlin code completion, diagnostics and more for any editor/IDE using the Language Server Protocol
mcp-remote
Connect an MCP Client that only supports local (stdio) servers to a Remote MCP Server
cliproxyapi
Wrap Antigravity, ChatGPT Codex, Claude Code, Grok Build, Muse Code, Davin as an OpenAI/Gemini/Claude/Codex compatible API service, allowing you to en
speedtest-cli
Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net
cpprestsdk
The C++ REST SDK is a Microsoft project for cloud-based client-server communication in native code using a modern asynchronous C++ API design. This pr
SSHFS
A network filesystem client to connect to SSH servers
mcp-publisher
A community driven registry service for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers
ios-webkit-debug-proxy
A DevTools proxy (Chrome Remote Debugging Protocol) for iOS devices (Safari Remote Web Inspector)
codex-router
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
haskell-language-server
Official Haskell IDE support via the language server protocol (LSP)
betty
Friendly English-like interface for your command line. Don't remember a command? Ask Betty
texlab
An implementation of the Language Server Protocol for LaTeX
stripe-mock
stripe-mock is a mock HTTP server that responds like the real Stripe API. It can be used instead of Stripe's testmode to make test suites integrating
ruff-lsp
A Language Server Protocol implementation for Ruff
xcode-build-server
a build server protocol implementation for integrate xcode with sourcekit-lsp
frps
A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet
traefik
The Cloud Native Application Proxy
curl
A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LD
httpie
🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than mcptools — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
mcptools is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.