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### MCP CLI clients

<!-- Stars, contributors, commits, and activity as of July 2026. -->
<!-- Stars, contributors, commits, and activity as of August 2026. -->

| Tool | Lang | Stars | Commits | Contrib | Active | Tools | Resources | Prompts | Tasks | Code mode | Sessions | OAuth | Stdio | HTTP | Tool search | x402 | LLM |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ----: | ------: | ------: | ------ | ----- | --------- | ------- | ----- | --------- | -------- | ----- | ----- | ---- | ----------- | ---- | --- |
| **[apify/mcpc](https://github.com/apify/mcpc)** | TS | 720 | 719 | 10 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — |
| [steipete/mcporter](https://github.com/steipete/mcporter) | TS | 4.8k | 743 | 29 | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — |
| [knowsuchagency/mcp2cli](https://github.com/knowsuchagency/mcp2cli) | Python | 2.3k | 105 | 11 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| [IBM/mcp-cli](https://github.com/IBM/mcp-cli) | Python | 2.0k | 788 | 24 | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | ✅ |
| [f/mcptools](https://github.com/f/mcptools) | Go | 1.6k | 174 | 15 | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | — | — | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — |
| [philschmid/mcp-cli](https://github.com/philschmid/mcp-cli) | TS | 1.2k | 30 | 3 | ⚠️ | ✅ | — | — | — | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| [adhikasp/mcp-client-cli](https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-client-cli) | Python | 680 | 113 | 6 | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — | — | ✅ | — | — | — | ✅ |
| **[apify/mcpc](https://github.com/apify/mcpc)** | TS | 750 | 741 | 11 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — |
| [steipete/mcporter](https://github.com/steipete/mcporter) | TS | 4.9k | 874 | 40 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — |
| [knowsuchagency/mcp2cli](https://github.com/knowsuchagency/mcp2cli) | Python | 2.4k | 105 | 12 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| [IBM/mcp-cli](https://github.com/IBM/mcp-cli) | Python | 2.0k | 800 | 21 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | ✅ |
| [f/mcptools](https://github.com/f/mcptools) | Go | 1.6k | 174 | 14 | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | — | — | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — |
| [philschmid/mcp-cli](https://github.com/philschmid/mcp-cli) | TS | 1.2k | 30 | 2 | ⚠️ | ✅ | — | — | — | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| [adhikasp/mcp-client-cli](https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-client-cli) | Python | 680 | 113 | 5 | ⚠️ | ✅ | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✅ | — | — | — | ✅ |
| [thellimist/clihub](https://github.com/thellimist/clihub) | Go | 670 | 60 | 1 | ⚠️ | ✅ | — | — | — | — | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| [wong2/mcp-cli](https://github.com/wong2/mcp-cli) | JS | 440 | 67 | 4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — | ✅ | — | ✅ | — | — | — |
| [mcpshim/mcpshim](https://github.com/mcpshim/mcpshim) | Go | 61 | 13 | 1 | ⚠️ | ✅ | — | — | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| [evantahler/mcpx](https://github.com/evantahler/mcpx) | TS | 32 | 109 | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| [EstebanForge/mcp-cli-ent](https://github.com/EstebanForge/mcp-cli-ent) | Go | 15 | 56 | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| [domdomegg/call-mcp](https://github.com/domdomegg/call-mcp) | TS | 1 | 20 | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — |
| [wong2/mcp-cli](https://github.com/wong2/mcp-cli) | JS | 440 | 67 | 6 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — |
| [activeing123/mcptoon](https://github.com/activeing123/mcptoon) | Python | 130 | 25 | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — | ✅ | — | — | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — |
| [mcpshim/mcpshim](https://github.com/mcpshim/mcpshim) | Go | 62 | 15 | 1 | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| [evantahler/mcpx](https://github.com/evantahler/mcpx) | TS | 33 | 111 | 1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| [EstebanForge/mcp-cli-ent](https://github.com/EstebanForge/mcp-cli-ent) | Go | 15 | 61 | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
| [domdomegg/call-mcp](https://github.com/domdomegg/call-mcp) | TS | 3 | 29 | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | — |

**Legend:** ✅ = supported, ⚠️ = stale (no commits in 3+ months), **Commits** = total commits, **Contrib** = contributors, **Tasks** = [async tasks](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/latest/basic/utilities/tasks), **x402** = [x402 payment protocol](https://www.x402.org/) support, **LLM** = requires/uses an LLM.

**Notes:**

- [thellimist/clihub](https://github.com/thellimist/clihub) is a code generator that compiles MCP tools into standalone CLI binaries, rather than a runtime client ([HN discussion](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157398)).
- [knowsuchagency/mcp2cli](https://github.com/knowsuchagency/mcp2cli) also supports OpenAPI specs directly and uses a custom TOON encoding for token-efficient tool schemas.
- [knowsuchagency/mcp2cli](https://github.com/knowsuchagency/mcp2cli) also talks to OpenAPI and GraphQL APIs directly, and can encode output as [TOON](https://github.com/toon-format/toon) to save tokens.
- [activeing123/mcptoon](https://github.com/activeing123/mcptoon) is tools-only and focuses on token efficiency: tool listings, schemas, and results are encoded as [TOON](https://github.com/toon-format/toon) or its own compact formats instead of JSON.
- [IBM/mcp-cli](https://github.com/IBM/mcp-cli) and [mcp-client-cli](https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-client-cli) integrate an LLM (Ollama, OpenAI, etc.) for chat-style interaction, while the other tools are pure CLI clients.
- [domdomegg/call-mcp](https://github.com/domdomegg/call-mcp) can also call connectors configured in claude.ai by reusing the Claude Code OAuth token, with no separate login.

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- [Advanced tool use](https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/advanced-tool-use) - Anthropic's engineering post on tool search
- [Claude tool search](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/tool-search-tool) - Claude platform docs
- [Dynamic context discovery](https://cursor.com/blog/dynamic-context-discovery) - Cursor's approach to dynamic tool discovery
- [cmcp](https://github.com/assimelha/cmcp) (~29 stars, Rust) - MCP proxy aggregating servers behind `search()` + `execute()`
- [cloudflare-mcp](https://github.com/mattzcarey/cloudflare-mcp) (~129 stars, TS) - MCP server for the Cloudflare API using code mode
- [cmcp](https://github.com/assimelha/cmcp) (~31 stars, Rust) - MCP proxy aggregating servers behind `search()` + `execute()`
- [cloudflare-mcp](https://github.com/mattzcarey/cloudflare-mcp) (~128 stars, TS) - MCP server for the Cloudflare API using code mode
- [infinite-mcp](https://github.com/day50-dev/infinite-mcp) (~6 stars, Python) - Meta-MCP server that exposes 1000+ pre-indexed MCP servers via semantic search and dynamic tool discovery

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