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Where else to list an MCP server
Most MCP directories are catalogs: they find your server and list it. If you want a launch, a ranked week and a dated record of what your server returned, that is a different kind of page. Below is how a server gets onto each of the places makers list, and what each one is good for, read on 29 September 2026.
Six places to list an MCP server
Official MCP Registry
The registry the MCP project runs itself: 37,186 distinct servers when we walked its API.
- How a server gets on:
- You publish with the mcp-publisher CLI and prove the namespace as you do, through a GitHub login, a DNS TXT record or a /.well-known file on your domain.
- Good for:
- Being found by the tools that read it. PulseMCP, for one, says it picks servers up from here automatically.
PulseMCP
A daily-updated directory of 21,802 servers, with an estimated weekly visitor figure on each card.
- How a server gets on:
- Its submit page said it was not accepting new submissions when we read it, and pointed makers to the official registry, which it picks up from once submissions reopen.
- Good for:
- Browsing a large catalog with a traffic estimate beside each server.
Glama
An index of 93,665 servers that builds each one and scores how well every tool describes itself.
- How a server gets on:
- Nothing to apply for: it indexes servers itself. You claim a listing by signing in with GitHub as someone with write access to the repository.
- Good for:
- A per-tool Tool Definition Quality Score that re-runs on every commit.
mcp.so
A community directory of third-party MCP servers, with hand-picked featured servers, trending and new-arrival lists.
- How a server gets on:
- You open an issue in its GitHub repository.
- Good for:
- Browsing by what is trending and what arrived recently.
mcpservers.org
The "Awesome MCP Servers" directory, with sponsored placements alongside its listings.
- How a server gets on:
- A submit form. Free listings are reviewed within 2 weeks; a $39 one-time premium review is done within 24 hours and adds an official badge, search priority and a followed link.
- Good for:
- A large browsable list, with a paid fast track if you want one.
Smithery
A platform that hosts and distributes MCP servers: 17,693 in its API when we read it.
- How a server gets on:
- You publish at smithery.ai/new with a public HTTPS URL or a .mcpb bundle, then complete its official-vendor verification checklist if you want the badge.
- Good for:
- Hosting and one-step installs, which a launch board does not do.
Every entry was read from the linked site on 29 September 2026. Submission rules and counts change, and where an entry does not mention something, that describes the pages we read rather than the site.
What MCP Hunter adds beside them
A launch rather than a listing. You pick a week, your product goes up on that week's board, the community votes with a GitHub or Google account, and the ranked week stays online at its own URL for good. List here and in the catalogs above: nothing about one stops you being in the other.
- A dated record of your server. When it is reachable over HTTP, we make one tools/list call at submission and publish what it returned, with the date on it.
- A permanent page. Your listing, plus a Markdown copy an AI client can read.
- A prize for the week's top 3. An embeddable dated badge and a followed link to your product.
- A human review. Every submission is read by a person before it goes up.
What each directory's own "verified" label is derived from is on the directory badge comparison.
Built an MCP server? Launch it on the weekly board. Submitting is free, and a week holds 20 free spots.
External claims on this page were read from the linked pages on 29 September 2026.