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Where to submit an MCP server: 13 directories
Developers find MCP servers in directories they search before they install one, and many of those directories copy entries from each other. Start with the official MCP Registry. It has no web form: you publish a server.json with the mcp-publisher command-line tool and prove you own the name with a GitHub login or a DNS record, and directories such as MCP.Directory and API Tracker pull new entries from it. Glama indexes about 119,000 open-source servers and grades each one, and the awesome-mcp-servers list on GitHub only takes a pull request once the server passes on Glama. The big marketplaces, MCP.so and MCP Market, list a repository for free after a queue, and sell a fast lane that adds a followed link to your site for $39 and $29. Docker's MCP Catalog takes servers by pull request and can build the image for you. Most of these sites build the listing from your README, so write it for the person installing: what the server does, the tools it exposes and an install config that works.
- Directories
- 13
- 2 categories
- Dofollow (verified)
- 5
- of 13 with a checked link
- Free to submit
- 12
- free, or with a free plan
By hand, from $49 one-time.
Start with these 3
Free to submit, a followed link where we verified one, then the highest Domain Rating.
- Docker MCP Catalog
Free · Dofollow · DR 92
- MCP Market
Free option · Dofollow · DR 63
- APIs.io
Free · Dofollow · DR 54
All 13, most popular first
MCP.so
mcp.so
A large marketplace of Model Context Protocol servers, clients, skills and AI agents, used heavily by developers. You submit your project from its repository URL, and a paid option publishes it…
MCP Market
mcpmarket.com
A large marketplace of Model Context Protocol servers and agent skills that developers use to connect AI agents to services. Anyone can submit a GitHub repo for free and wait in a queue, or pay once…
Awesome MCP Servers (mcpservers.org)
mcpservers.org
A directory of Model Context Protocol servers and agent skills for developers building with Claude, Cursor and other AI agents. Submissions are free with a slow review, or a one-time premium buys a…
APIs.io
apis.io
APIs.io is a search engine and catalog of API providers built around the APIs.json format, with pages covering specs, plans, rate limits and agent-facing artifacts such as MCP servers. A listing…
API Tracker (MCP servers)
apitracker.io
Apideck's API directory also tracks MCP servers, merging entries from the official registry, Glama and its own reviewed list into one place to compare connection options and auth. Makers can add or…
awesome-mcp-servers (punkpeye, GitHub)
github.com
The most-starred GitHub awesome list of MCP servers, with about 97,600 stars, sorted into dozens of categories with emoji markers for language and where each server runs. It covers only servers with…
Docker MCP Catalog
hub.docker.com
Docker's catalog of containerized and remote MCP servers on Docker Hub, grouped by use case and publisher. New servers are added by pull request to Docker's mcp-registry repo, and for local servers…
Glama MCP Servers
glama.ai
Glama runs one of the biggest MCP server indexes, about 119,000 open-source servers, each graded on license, quality and maintenance. Developers search it by job, recent usage, downloads or GitHub…
MCP.Directory
mcp.directory
A large MCP server and agent skills directory, about 2,300 servers and 9,300 skills, with one-click install configs for Cursor, VS Code, Claude, Codex and other clients. You submit a GitHub repo…
Official MCP Registry
registry.modelcontextprotocol.io
The official, community-run metadata registry for public MCP servers, backed by Anthropic, GitHub, Microsoft and PulseMCP. You publish a server.json from the command line, and marketplaces and other…
DR is Domain Rating by Ahrefs: a 0–100 score of a site’s backlinks, higher is stronger. It isn’t a Google metric. Tranco rank is a research top-sites ranking: lower means more popular. How we check each directory
How to prioritise
- The official MCP Registry first: other directories copy new entries from it.
- Glama next, because the awesome-mcp-servers list on GitHub needs a passing Glama listing.
- MCP.so, MCP Market and mcpservers.org: free after a queue, or a one-time fee for a fast review and a followed link.
- Docker's MCP Catalog if your server runs in a container, and MCP Shelf for a hand-tested shelf.
- A README that says what the server does and how to install it, since most sites build the listing from it.
Questions about this list
Do I need to publish to the official MCP Registry?
It isn't required, but it's the one entry that spreads: MCP.Directory and API Tracker pull new servers from the registry, and PulseMCP points makers to it while its own submissions are paused. Publishing takes the mcp-publisher command-line tool, a server.json and proof that you own the name, through a GitHub login or a DNS record on your domain.
Which MCP directories give a followed link?
Few do for free. Glama and the awesome-mcp-servers list follow the link to your GitHub repository but mark links to your own site nofollow. MCP.so, MCP Market and mcpservers.org give a followed link to your site with their paid option ($29 to $39, once), and AllMCPs follows your website link if your site shows its badge. MCP.Directory marks every link nofollow.
My server is remote only. Where can I list it?
Glama, MCP.so and MCP Market each have an option for hosted servers; Glama asks for a public HTTPS URL that speaks streamable HTTP. Docker's catalog takes remote servers with a streamable HTTP or SSE endpoint. On GitHub, remote-only servers with nothing to install go in a separate list, awesome-remote-mcp-servers, rather than the main one.
Which of these directories give a dofollow link?
5 of the 13 had a followed (dofollow) listing link when we checked: OpenTools, MCP Market, APIs.io, API Tracker (MCP servers), Docker MCP Catalog. Directories change their link policy, so check your own listing once it is live.