Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

MCPShark is a development tool that now supports Codex's config.toml configuration files. It automatically detects and reads Codex CLI and VS Code extension configurations from the standard config paths, then converts… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   MCPShark now supports Codex's config.toml▲12

   Wireshark-like forensic analysis for Model Context Protocol communications Capture, inspect, and investigate all HTTP requests and responses between your IDE and MCP servers - mcp-shark/docs/configuration.md at 6d7abfc9d52349c99830d3e468c3342719c7842b · mcp-shark/mcp-shark

   Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   MCPShark – Traffic Inspector for Model Context Protocol▲37

   https://github.com/mcp-shark/mcp-shark Site: https://mcpshark.sh/ I built MCPShark, a traffic inspector for the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It sits between your editor/LLM client and MCP servers so you can: • See all MCP traffic (requests, responses, tools, resources) in one place • Debug sessions when tools don’t behave as expected • Optionally run “Smart Scan” checks to flag risky tools / configs

   Dec 2025 · its alternatives →

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   MCP-stama – An ultra-fast Rust MCP server with no dependencies▲73

   An ultra-fast, single-binary MCP server written in Rust as a lightweight alternative to Node.js/Python. - StamManif/mcp-stama

   Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Codex Subagents▲300

   Parallel custom agents for complex tasks

   Mar 2026 · learn.chatgpt.com · its alternatives →

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   CodeX-Editor▲125

   A web code editor with AI & multi-language support

   2025 · x-codex.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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   Apideck MCP Server▲178

   Give AI agents access to real-time data across 200+ apps

   May 2026 · apideck.com · its alternatives →

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   Codex Chat▲79

   An open-source macOS client for Codex

   Mar 2026 · bikrambrar.com · its alternatives →

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   CodeX▲56

   Light weight code compiler with an API

   2021 · codexweb.netlify.app · its alternatives →

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   Codex app for Windows▲145

   Codex now runs natively on Windows with secure sandbox

   Mar 2026 · learn.chatgpt.com · its alternatives →

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    tomcp.org – Turn any URL into an MCP server▲34

    Prepend tomcp.org/ to any URL to instantly turn it into an MCP server. You can either chat directly with the page or add the config to Cursor/Claude to pipe the website/docs straight into your context. Why MCP? Using MCP is better than raw scraping or copy-pasting because it converts the page into clean Markdown. This helps the AI understand the structure better and uses significantly fewer tokens. How it works: It is a proxy that fetches the URL, removes ads and navigation, and exposes the clean content as a standard MCP Resource. Repo:…

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    MCPShark Viewer (VS Code/Cursor extension)- view MCP traffic in-editor▲28

    A few days ago I posted MCPShark (a traffic inspector for the Model Context Protocol). I just shipped a VS Code / Cursor extension that lets you view MCP traffic directly in the editor, so you’re not jumping between terminals, logs, and "I think this is what got sent". VS Code Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MCPShark... Main repo: https://github.com/mcp-shark/mcp-shark Feature requests / issues: https://github.com/mcp-shark/mcp-shark/issues Site: https://mcpshark.sh/ If…

    Dec 2025 · its alternatives →

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    Codex in Chrome▲111

    Let Codex navigate and automate tasks in your browser

    May 2026 · learn.chatgpt.com · its alternatives →

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    Config manager for Claude Code (and others) – rules, MCPs, permissions▲21

    I use Claude Code across multiple projects with different conventions and some shared repos just as it so happens to be the real world. Managing the config files (.claude/rules/, mcps.json, settings.json) by hand got tedious, so I built a local web UI for it. This one started out as claude-config but migrated to coder-config as I'm adding others (Gemini, AG, Codex, etc). Main features: - Visual editor for rules, permissions, and MCP servers - Project registry to switch between codebases - "Workstreams" to group related repos (frontend + API + shared libs) with shared context -…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Mcpsnoop – Wireshark for MCP (transparent proxy and live TUI)▲64

    Wireshark for MCP. A transparent proxy that shows every real tool call between your AI client and your MCP servers, live in your terminal. - kerlenton/mcpsnoop

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Open Computer Use▲92

    Open-source Computer Use MCP for AI agents

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    mcpc – Universal command-line client for Model Context Protocol (MCP)▲50

    A universal CLI client for MCP. mcpc supports persistent sessions, stdio/HTTP, OAuth 2.1, tasks, JSON output for code mode, proxy for AI sandboxes, x402, and more. - apify/mcpc

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Mcptoon – Token-efficient MCP CLI client▲73

    Zero-dep CLI: one MCP config synced to every agent. A 255-tool listing costs 581 tokens, not 71,929 - schemas never enter context. - activeing123/mcptoon

    Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    MCP server for up-to-date Zig standard library documentation▲27

    Hey HN! I made this because Zig's stdlib changes so much and outdated docs are a problem. Server fetches the latest documentation directly from the ziglang.org and makes it available through the MCP, so LLM can query stdlib functions and builtins. Link: https://github.com/zig-wasm/zig-mcp

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-Source MCP Server for Context and AI Tools▲43

    Large Language Models (LLMs) are powerful, but they’re limited by fixed context windows and outdated knowledge. What if your AI could access live search, structured data extraction, OCR, and more—all through a standardized interface? We built the JigsawStack MCP Server, an open-source implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that lets any AI model call external tools effortlessly. Here’s what it unlocks: - Web Search & Scraping: Fetch live information and extract structured data from web pages. - OCR & Structured Data Extraction: Process images, receipts, invoices, and handwritten…

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    MCPGod: Fine-grained control over MCP clients, servers, and tools▲37

    Hey everyone, I've wanted an easy way to control which mcp server tools are available to clients. So for example, I might want a gmail server to only expose the read tool (but not send, delete etc). I figured if I create a cli for spawning mcp servers, I could intercept the stdin, stdout, stderr etc and modify what the clients see when they are making calls to list tools, resources, and prompts. Well it worked! In the initial version you can easily add a server to claude with a safe list of tools: npx -y mcpgod add @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything --client claude --tools=echo,add…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Iterm-Mcp – AI Terminal/REPL Control for iTerm2▲43

    Hi HN! Ever wish you could just point your AI assistant at your terminal and say 'what's wrong with this output?' That's why I built iterm-mcp. It lets MCP clients like Claude Desktop directly interact with your iTerm2 terminal - reading logs, running commands, using REPLs, and helping debug issues. Want to explore data or debug using a REPL? The AI can start the REPL, run commands, and help interpret the results. This is an MCP server that integrates with Claude Desktop, LibreChat, and other Model Context Protocol compatible clients.…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    STT –> LLM –> TTS pipeline in C▲11

    For speech-to-text, large-language-model inference and text-to-speech I created three wrapper libraries in C/C++ (using Whisper.cpp, Llama.cpp and Piper). Follow the URL to see an example that shows how to use these libraries for a speech-to-text, LLM inference, text-to-speech pipeline. Windows and Linux are supported.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Claude Code skill that uses Codex as MCP server for code review▲7

    Codex runs as an MCP server, Claude orchestrates a five-perspective review (security, correctness, compliance, performance, maintainability). Drop the SKILL.md into your repo's .claude/skills/ folder. MIT licensed.

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Almanac MCP, turn Claude Code into a Deep Research agent▲14

    I am Rohan, and I have grown really frustrated with CC's search and read tools. They use Haiku to summarise all the search results, so it is really slow and often ends up being very lossy. I built this MCP that you can install into your coding agents so they can actually access the web properly. Right now it can: - search the general web - search Reddit - read and scrape basically any webpage Install it: npx openalmanac setup The MCP is completely free to use. We have also built a central store where you can contribute things you learned while exploring. If you find something useful, you can…

    Apr 2026 · openalmanac.org · its alternatives →

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