mcpc
Universal command-line client for Model Context Protocol (MCP)
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HN · launched Jan 6, 2026 · 50 upvotes (top 20%) · 0 views
Niche: model context protocol tools · 465 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -24% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- AI-native
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes A CLI client for MCP standardizes JSON-RPC 2.0 communication over stdio or SSE, which is well-documented and straightforward to implement in Go, Rust, or Node.
Discussion
5 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: mcp-cli (philschmid's MCP CLI tool)
Concerns raised: Lack of MCP clients supporting enough capabilities
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 3630 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #727 of 3631 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 67 days after the earliest competitor.
- Godot-MCP · github · 2026-09-17 · 16 upvotes · similarity 0.78
- OpenMCP · hn · 2026-09-22 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.74
- Mcptoon · hn · 2026-08-11 · 73 upvotes · similarity 0.71
- sweden-mcp-servers · github · 2026-09-14 · 56 upvotes · similarity 0.67
- Creature · hn · 2026-02-10 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- Forth MCP · hn · 2026-08-28 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- local-workspace-mcp · github · 2026-09-11 · 53 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- MCP-stama · hn · 2026-08-13 · 73 upvotes · similarity 0.61
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