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How to install github-mcp-server on Windows (github/github-mcp-server) · gitmanual

How to install on Windows

github/github-mcp-server

GitHub's official MCP Server

Go#github#mcp#mcp-server

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
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Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your Windows

A ready-made Windows download is in the latest release.

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GitHub MCP Server 2.1.0 · 11/3/2026 ↗

github-mcp-server_Windows_x86_64.zip

zip · x64 · 9.6 MB · 2,921 downloads · best match

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/releases/download/v2.1.0/github-mcp-server_Windows_x86_64.zip" -OutFile "github-mcp-server_Windows_x86_64.zip"
Expand-Archive "github-mcp-server_Windows_x86_64.zip" -DestinationPath .

Other Windows downloads (2)

github-mcp-server_Windows_arm64.zip

zip · ARM64 · 8.7 MB · 43 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/releases/download/v2.1.0/github-mcp-server_Windows_arm64.zip" -OutFile "github-mcp-server_Windows_arm64.zip"
Expand-Archive "github-mcp-server_Windows_arm64.zip" -DestinationPath .

github-mcp-server_Windows_i386.zip

zip · 32-bit · 9.3 MB · 22 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/releases/download/v2.1.0/github-mcp-server_Windows_i386.zip" -OutFile "github-mcp-server_Windows_i386.zip"
Expand-Archive "github-mcp-server_Windows_i386.zip" -DestinationPath .

Run it with Docker

A self-hosted app: Docker runs it on your computer and you open it in the browser. Needs Docker Desktop (or Docker Engine on Linux). Run docker compose commands inside the cloned repo folder.

Docker

docker run -i --rm  -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=<your-token>  -e GITHUB_TOOLSETS="repos,issues,pull_requests,actions,code_security"  ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server

Docker

docker run -i --rm  -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=<your-token>  -e GITHUB_TOOLS="get_file_contents,issue_read,create_pull_request"  ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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