MCP Clients: Apps That Support Model Context Protocol

Anthropic

Anthropic's agentic coding tool that runs in your terminal and reads, edits, and runs code across a whole repository.

Anthropic

Anthropic's desktop app for Claude on macOS and Windows, and the original reference MCP client that defined the claude_desktop_config.json format.

Anysphere

An AI-first code editor forked from VS Code, with an agent mode that can plan and edit across your codebase.

Cline

An open-source autonomous coding agent that runs as a VS Code extension, planning and executing multi-step edits with your approval.

Codeium

An agentic IDE built by Codeium whose Cascade agent can reason across a codebase and run tools end to end.

Zed Industries

A high-performance, multiplayer code editor written in Rust, with a built-in agent panel for AI-assisted editing.

Block

An open-source, on-machine AI agent from Block that automates engineering tasks from the CLI or a desktop app.

Continue

An open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains that lets you build and share custom autocomplete and chat models.

Microsoft

Visual Studio Code with GitHub Copilot's agent mode, which can call MCP tools while editing across your workspace.

Roo Code

An open-source, agentic AI coding extension for VS Code (originally a Cline fork) with customizable modes for different tasks.

Witsy

An open-source desktop AI assistant that works with many model providers and includes chat, commands, and a scratchpad.

LibreChat

An open-source, self-hostable ChatGPT-style web app supporting many model providers, agents, and multi-user deployments.

OpenClaw

An open-source autonomous AI agent framework you self-host to run long-lived, tool-using agents.

OpenAI

OpenAI's open-source coding agent for the terminal, which can read, modify, and run code in your project.

Google

Google's open-source AI agent for the terminal, bringing Gemini models into an interactive command-line workflow.

LM Studio

A desktop app for discovering, downloading, and running local LLMs, with a chat UI and an OpenAI-compatible local server.

Menlo Research

An open-source, offline-first ChatGPT alternative that runs models locally on your own machine.

Msty

A polished desktop app for running local and online AI models with features like split chats, knowledge stacks, and web search.

BoltAI

A native macOS AI app that puts many model providers behind a fast, keyboard-driven chat and inline assistant.

Raycast

A macOS launcher and productivity app whose AI features can run commands, answer questions, and now call MCP tools.

Warp

A modern, Rust-based terminal with a built-in agent platform that can plan and run multi-step command-line work.

JetBrains

JetBrains' AI Assistant and the Junie coding agent, which bring model-powered help into IntelliJ, PyCharm, and the other JetBrains IDEs.

ravitemer

A Neovim plugin that manages, tests, and uses MCP servers from inside the editor and wires them into chat plugins like Avante and CodeCompanion.

Open WebUI

A popular self-hosted, extensible web UI for local and remote LLMs, with tools, pipelines, and multi-user support.

Cherry Studio

A cross-platform desktop AI client supporting many providers, with assistants, a knowledge base, and MCP tool use.

Runebook

An open-source desktop app for chatting with local LLMs and connecting them to MCP servers with minimal setup.

5ire

A sleek, cross-platform desktop AI assistant and MCP client that works with major model providers and a local knowledge base.

ChatWise

A fast desktop AI chat app that supports many providers, artifacts, web search, and MCP-based tools.

HyperChat

An open-source chat client that combines multiple LLM APIs with MCP-powered tools for a more capable assistant.

Superinterface

A platform for building in-app AI assistants and chat widgets, with support for tools and MCP servers on the backend.