Remote MCP servers
43,104 servers you connect by URL over streamable HTTP. Nothing to install or keep running on your machine.
43,104 servers you connect by URL over streamable HTTP. Nothing to install or keep running on your machine.
A remote MCP server runs on someone else's infrastructure and your client connects to it by URL over streamable HTTP (older servers use SSE). Sign-in usually happens through OAuth in the browser instead of an API key in a config file.
Local servers run as a process on your machine and can reach your files and private network. Remote servers need no runtime and update themselves, but your data goes to the provider. Pick remote for SaaS products, local for files, databases on your network and anything offline.
In Claude Code run claude mcp add --transport http <name> <url>. In Cursor and Gemini CLI add the URL under mcpServers; in VS Code add it under servers with "type": "http". Each server page has the exact config.
Microlink MCP — wraps Microlink API (free tier, no auth required)
$claude mcp add mcp-microlink -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-microlinkMusicBrainz MCP — wraps MusicBrainz Web Service v2 (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-musicbrainz -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-musicbrainzNationalize MCP — nationality prediction from first name (nationalize.io, free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-nationalize -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-nationalizeNewton MCP — wraps the Newton math solver API (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-newton -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-newtonNHTSA MCP — wraps the NHTSA vPIC (Vehicle Product Information Catalog) API (free, no auth)…
$claude mcp add mcp-nhtsa -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-nhtsaNominatim MCP — wraps OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocoding API (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-nominatim -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-nominatimNVD MCP — wraps the NIST National Vulnerability Database API.…
$claude mcp add mcp-nvd -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-nvdOn This Day MCP — wraps byabbe.se/on-this-day (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-onthisday -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-onthisdayOpenAlex MCP — wraps the OpenAlex API (scholarly works, free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-openalex -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-openalexPatents MCP — wraps the USPTO Open Data Portal (ODP) Patent File Wrapper API
$claude mcp add mcp-patents -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-patentsPokemon MCP — wraps PokéAPI (free, no auth required)
$claude mcp add mcp-pokemon -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-pokemonPostcodes MCP — wraps postcodes.io UK postcode API (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-postcodes -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-postcodesQR Code MCP — wraps api.qrserver.com (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-qrcode -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-qrcodeRadio MCP — wraps Radio Browser API (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-radio -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-radioRandom User MCP — wraps randomuser.me (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-randomuser -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-randomuserSpacenews MCP — wraps the Spaceflight News API v4 (free, no auth)…
$claude mcp add mcp-spacenews -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-spacenewsSunrise-Sunset MCP — wraps the sunrisesunset.io API (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-sunrisesunset -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-sunrisesunsetSuperhero MCP — wraps akabab.github.io/superhero-api (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-superhero -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-superheroSWAPI MCP — wraps the Star Wars API (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-swapi -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-swapiSwiss Transport MCP — wraps Transport Open Data API (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-swisstransport -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-swisstransport