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DimensionHyper MCPA fast, secure MCP server that extends its capabilities through WebAssembly plugins.GitHub MCP ServerGitHub's official MCP server for managing repos, issues, PRs, and workflows via natural language
FMRS67 / 100 · C76 / 100 · B
Reliability11 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions13 / 2014 / 20
Maintenance15 / 2018 / 20
Documentation16 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience12 / 2014 / 20
Best for
  • Developers who need highly extensible and secure AI services with the flexibility to write plugins in multiple languages.
  • Teams that want to distribute and manage plugins via OCI registries.
  • Enterprise applications requiring sandboxing and resource limits.
  • Teams that want an AI assistant to directly operate on GitHub repos and collaboration workflows
  • Users already in the GitHub Copilot ecosystem who want a zero-deployment remote option
Not for
  • Clients that require HTTP transports (like SSE or streamable-http), since hyper-mcp defaults to stdio only.
  • Users who prefer not to install cosign and still load OCI plugins (unless they set insecure_skip_signature).
  • Users who need specific built-in tools (e.g., database operations) without wanting to configure plugins themselves.
  • Scenarios where you don't want the assistant to have write access to repos (enable only read-only toolsets)
  • Environments with strict network isolation for private repos that can't reach the official remote endpoint
Required permissions
  • Read config files (for plugin configuration).
  • Execute cosign CLI to verify OCI plugin signatures.
  • Network access (to download plugins or for plugin runtime, e.g., allowed hosts).
  • Filesystem access (for local file plugins or logs).
  • Environment variables (e.g., RUST_LOG, HYPER_MCP_LOG_PATH, HYPER_MCP_INSECURE_SKIP_SIGNATURE).
  • A personal access token (PAT) or OAuth App token; effective scope depends on the token's own permissions
  • Enabling toolsets like actions/issues/pull_requests grants write access — request tokens on a least-privilege basis
Risks and side effects
  • Loading malicious or unverified plugins could compromise the system or leak data, though signature verification and sandboxing mitigate risks.
  • OCI signature verification depends on cosign; skipping it reduces security.
  • Misconfiguring plugins may allow them to access unauthorized network or filesystem resources.
  • Write toolsets (creating/merging PRs, triggering workflows) can cause accidental changes if the token is overscoped — try a read-only toolset first
  • In hosted mode, credentials travel via the Authorization header — make sure the client-to-api.githubcopilot.com connection is trusted
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, Cursor, Claude CodeClaude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, Zed, Amp
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