FastMCP vs MCP
Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools
Short answer
- FastMCP is growing faster: +160 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +50 for MCP.
- Pick FastMCP for: the fast, Pythonic way to build MCP servers and clients. Pick MCP for: open source MCP Servers for AWS.
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FastMCPopen-source
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Open source MCP Servers for AWS
Metrics
| FastMCP | MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 28.0k | 9.7k |
| Star velocity /mo | 160 | 50 |
| Commits (90d) | 496 | 235 |
| Releases (6m) | 10 | 10 |
| Downloads (30d, npm + PyPI) | 50.1M | β |
| Overall score | 0.7366602628091307 | 0.6555371915325018 |
FAQ
- Which is more popular, FastMCP or MCP?
- FastMCP has more GitHub stars (27,962 vs 9,749).
- Which is more actively developed, FastMCP or MCP?
- FastMCP had more commits in the last 90 days (496 vs 235).
- Should I use FastMCP or MCP?
- Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Both are open source, so trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.