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AI · September 1, 2026

Pharos

npm for MCP servers. Search, install, and manage MCP servers

What it does

Search, install, and manage MCP servers with a simple CLI. Or Empower your agents to search, install and manage your MCP servers for you. Backed with a registry that enables auditing and version controls Pharos can be your one stop control plane for all that is MCP.

Search, install, and manage MCP servers. Pharos is a registry with version control, a Go CLI, and agent SDK.

One command to search, install, and manage every MCP server. Other registries list packages. Pharos gives you the tools to actually run them. 133,000+ packages from modelcontextprotocol.io, glama.ai, lobehub.com, mcp.so, mcp.directory, and Smithery, indexed in one place. What other developers are installing right now, ranked by install count and recency. Search 133,000+ MCP servers across modelcontextprotocol.io, glama.ai, lobehub.com, mcp.so, mcp.directory, and Smithery. Filter by transport (stdio, SSE, HTTP), runtime, or license. pharos install <name> downloads the server, verifies its SHA-512 hash, and writes the config. Pharos patches config files for 16 MCP clients (JSON, YAML, and…from discoverpharos.dev

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