MCP server

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com.repoalerts/radar

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Rising GitHub repos with fake stars filtered out: search, trending, repo pages, alternatives.

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

repoalerts.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

4

Token cost

About 1,933 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http radar https://repoalerts.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.radar]
url = "https://repoalerts.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"radar":{"httpUrl":"https://repoalerts.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"radar":{"url":"https://repoalerts.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"radar":{"type":"http","url":"https://repoalerts.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add radar https://repoalerts.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"radar","server_url":"https://repoalerts.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"radar","server_url":"https://repoalerts.com/mcp"}

Tools

• find_alternatives ~508 tokens
  Open-source alternatives to an app, product or service ("Photoshop", "Notion", "Heroku", "Postman"), from the GitHub repos RepoAlerts tracks, with real star counts and growth. Optionally for a platform or constraint ("Mac", "self-hosted"). Repos whose own page lists that app as something they replac
• get_repo ~258 tokens
  Everything RepoAlerts knows about one GitHub repository (owner/name or URL): what it is and who it's for, stars and recent growth, a summary of its star curve, licence, last push, the apps it can replace, Hacker News stories and similar repos. Use it to check a repo before recommending or installing
• search_repos ~687 tokens
  Find real, actively growing open-source GitHub repositories for a need described in plain words ("a calendar MCP server", "free Photoshop alternative for Mac", "self-hosted analytics"). Semantic search over the RepoAlerts directory, which leaves out repos with fake (bought or farmed) stars. Use it i
• trending_repos ~480 tokens
  What's rising on GitHub right now: the repos that gained the most stars today, this week or this month, with star farms filtered out. Optionally only one topic (agents, models, infra, creative, desktop, web) or one kind (app, mcp_server, library…). Use it when the user asks what's new, hot, trending

Browse

• GitHub tools
• Notion tools
• Calendars
• Notes and wikis
• GitHub and code hosting
• Cloud and hosting

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