---
license: cc-by-4.0
pretty_name: MCP Toplist — MCP Ecosystem Dataset
language:
  - en
tags:
  - model-context-protocol
  - mcp
  - software-ecosystems
  - registries
  - agents
size_categories:
  - 100K<n<1M
configs:
  - config_name: servers
    data_files: servers.parquet
  - config_name: registry_daily
    data_files: registry_daily.parquet
---

# MCP Ecosystem Dataset

A daily-refreshed, research-friendly snapshot of the **Model Context Protocol (MCP)
server ecosystem**, published by [mcptoplist.com](https://mcptoplist.com). It covers
every server tracked across the five major MCP registries — the Official MCP Registry,
Glama, Smithery, mcp.so, and PulseMCP — deduplicated to canonical entities, with
per-registry membership and daily registry growth series.

- **Current version:** v2026-10-20 (generated 2026-10-20)
- **License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — free to use
  with attribution to [mcptoplist.com](https://mcptoplist.com)
- **Refresh cadence:** daily (~04:30 UTC, after the overnight registry syncs settle); each day is one commit, so any past day is retrievable from the repo history
- **Collection methodology:** <https://mcptoplist.com/methodology> and
  <https://mcptoplist.com/sources>

## What is MCP?

The [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) is an open standard that
lets AI assistants connect to external tools and data sources. Since its launch in
November 2024 an ecosystem of tens of thousands of MCP servers has grown across several
competing registries. This dataset measures that ecosystem: which servers exist, where
they are listed, and how each registry has grown over time.

## Files

### `servers.parquet` — 157,266 rows, one per canonical server

Registries list the same server under different names and keys; rows here are
**canonical entities** after cross-registry deduplication (repository-URL and
package-identifier resolution, plus rename tracking).

Bulk-listing floods are left out, here and in `registry_daily.parquet`: an
official-registry namespace that lists 200+ servers, averaging 50+ per
repository, nearly all remote and all served from at most two hosts (one
deployment published under thousands of names). The rule is mechanical and is
the same one the site applies, so dataset and leaderboard agree on which
servers exist.

| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `canonical_server_key` | string | Stable canonical key (`srv_` + hash). Joins across dataset versions. |
| `name` | string | Server name from the canonical listing. |
| `repo_url` | string | Canonical source repository URL, when known. |
| `on_official_mcp_registry` | bool | Ever listed on the Official MCP Registry. |
| `on_glama` | bool | Ever listed on Glama. |
| `on_smithery` | bool | Ever listed on Smithery. |
| `on_mcp_so` | bool | Ever listed on mcp.so. |
| `on_pulsemcp` | bool | Ever listed on PulseMCP. |
| `first_seen` | date | Earliest date we observed the server on any registry. |
| `is_active` | bool | Listed by at least one registry at generation time under the site's liveness rule (delta-synced registries: not reported deleted; crawled registries: seen within 30 days of that registry's newest crawl). Delisted servers are kept with `is_active = false` and no rank; mcptoplist.com counts active servers only. |
| `transport_classification` | string | `stdio` / remote transport class, when known. |
| `setup_classification` | string | `runs_out_of_the_box`, `needs_credentials`, or `hosted_remote_auth`; null when unknown. |
| `repo_stars_current` | int | GitHub stars, snapshot at generation time. |
| `mcptoplist_rank` | int | The server's position in the mcptoplist.com ranking (1 = top), exactly as published on the site at generation time; null for servers the site does not rank. The underlying score, its components and weights are not part of the dataset — see <https://mcptoplist.com/methodology>. |

### `registry_daily.parquet` — 890 rows, one per source × day

| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `source` | string | One of `official_mcp_registry`, `glama_ai`, `smithery`, `mcp_so`, `pulsemcp`. |
| `date` | date | Calendar day (UTC); the series ends at the last complete day before generation. |
| `listed_servers` | int | Cumulative count of distinct servers whose listing on this source began on or before this day. |

### `manifest.json`

Version label, generation timestamp, row counts, and column lists for the release.

## Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite mcptoplist.com:

```bibtex
@misc{mcptoplist_dataset,
  title        = {MCP Toplist: MCP Ecosystem Dataset},
  author       = {{MCP Toplist}},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Hugging Face},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/BIFF-AI/mcptoplist}},
  note         = {Data from \url{https://mcptoplist.com}, CC BY 4.0}
}
```

Or in prose: *“MCP Ecosystem Dataset, mcptoplist.com (CC BY 4.0),
https://mcptoplist.com”*.

## Maintainer

Published by [MCP Toplist](https://mcptoplist.com) (BIFF.ai). Questions and issues:
hello@biff.ai, or the dataset's community tab.