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whichlib MCP

whichlib is a dependency picker for coding agents that recommends, compares, and scores GitHub repositories based on momentum, maintenance, adoption, and license. It provides tools to find the best libraries for a specific need, compare multiple repositories side-by-side, and identify trending packages.

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What you can do with it

  • Recommend repositories for a specific coding need
  • Compare multiple GitHub repositories side-by-side
  • Identify trending or rising repositories by period

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.4
mcp-registry: io.github.josifb/whichlib@0.2.4Source repositoryProject website
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Packages and installation

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whichlib 0.2.4

npm
whichlib package definition
{
  "version": "0.2.4",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "whichlib",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
      "description": "Optional. Raises GitHub's search limit from 10 to 30 requests per minute. A fine-grained token with no permissions is enough."
    },
    {
      "name": "WHICHLIB_TELEMETRY",
      "description": "Optional. Set to \"off\" to disable anonymous call counting (tool name, random install id, version, platform, Node major). DO_NOT_TRACK=1 also disables it."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whichlib-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "whichlib@0.2.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "WHICHLIB_TELEMETRY": "<YOUR_WHICHLIB_TELEMETRY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whichlib-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "whichlib@0.2.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "WHICHLIB_TELEMETRY": "<YOUR_WHICHLIB_TELEMETRY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "whichlib-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "whichlib@0.2.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "WHICHLIB_TELEMETRY": "<YOUR_WHICHLIB_TELEMETRY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whichlib-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "whichlib@0.2.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "WHICHLIB_TELEMETRY": "<YOUR_WHICHLIB_TELEMETRY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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