The latest articles on DEV Community by Ricardo-M-L (@ricardoml). https://dev.to/ricardoml https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3867518%2F3d941382-a826-484b-8fc6-d13c82b9328f.jpeg https://dev.to/ricardoml en Ricardo-M-L Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:08:33 +0000 https://dev.to/ricardoml/mcp-hub-the-npm-for-mcp-servers-search-install-manage-with-one-command-4pbf https://dev.to/ricardoml/mcp-hub-the-npm-for-mcp-servers-search-install-manage-with-one-command-4pbf <p>I've been working with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and found the install/config process painful:</p> <ol> <li>Find the server on GitHub</li> <li>Read the docs to figure out the config</li> <li>Manually edit JSON config files for Claude Desktop / Cursor</li> <li>Repeat for every server</li> </ol> <p>So I built <strong>MCP Hub</strong> - a CLI that does all of this in one command:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>mcphub search database mcphub <span class="nb">install </span>io.github.xxx/server-database </code></pre> </div> <p>It queries the official MCP Registry, installs the server, and auto-configures your MCP clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor). Config files are backed up before modification.</p> <h2> It also works as an MCP server </h2> <p>Add it to Claude Code and you can say "search for database MCP servers" in conversation:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>go <span class="nb">install </span>github.com/Ricardo-M-L/mcphub/mcp@latest claude mcp add mcphub mcphub-mcp </code></pre> </div> <h2> Features </h2> <ul> <li>Built in Go, single binary, zero dependencies</li> <li>Auto-detects and configures Claude Desktop + Cursor</li> <li>Supports stdio, streamable-http, and sse transport</li> <li>Available via curl, Homebrew, npm, and go install</li> <li>Registry API server with SQLite + FTS5 full-text search</li> <li>Web UI for browsing servers</li> </ul> <h2> Install </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="c"># One-line install</span> curl <span class="nt">-fsSL</span> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ricardo-M-L/mcphub/master/install.sh | sh <span class="c"># Or via Go</span> go <span class="nb">install </span>github.com/Ricardo-M-L/mcphub/cmd/mcphub@latest </code></pre> </div> <p>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/Ricardo-M-L/mcphub" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/Ricardo-M-L/mcphub</a></p> <p>Would love feedback and contributions!</p> notionchallenge