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Updated Nov 1, 2026. Review written Nov 1, 2026 from the project's own sources; usage data refreshed every Monday.

Exa MCP at a glance

Category
MCP and agent tools
Website
exa.ai/docs/reference/exa-mcp

Is Exa MCP growing? Usage data

In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, Exa MCP ranked #138 on the Devtoolwatch Board and #16 in MCP and agent tools, with a momentum score of 56 out of 100. Its main package had about 41.3k downloads that week, +133% against its own 4-week average.

New GitHub stars per week for Exa MCP12 weeks from Aug 9, 2026: 43, 37, 42, 31, 24, 34, 19, 26, 33, 38, 33, 42 new stars, an average of 34 a week.Aug 9week of Oct 25
New GitHub stars per week for the last 12 weeks, from GitHub's stargazer history (today's stargazers by the week they starred).
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New GitHub stars per week for Exa MCP
Week ofNew stars
Aug 9, 202643
Aug 16, 202637
Aug 23, 202642
Aug 30, 202631
Sep 6, 202624
Sep 13, 202634
Sep 20, 202619
Sep 27, 202626
Oct 4, 202633
Oct 11, 202638
Oct 18, 202633
Oct 25, 202642

The Board ranks tools by four signals each week: new stars, new stars for the repo's size, added downloads and download growth beyond the market. How the ranking works.

Exa MCP alternatives

Other MCP servers and agent tools on the Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum:

MCP and agent tools ranked by momentum, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026
RankToolStarsDownloads/wk
#1REAREA is an MCP server and CLI that lets coding agents reverse engineer native binaries, JavaScript and Electron apps, .NET assemblies,…415.5k760.6k
#2ha-mcpha-mcp is an unofficial Model Context Protocol server that lets AI assistants control and manage Home Assistant using natural language.5.4k118.1k
#3TregTreg is a registry and proxy that gives AI agents one token for a catalog of paid third-party API endpoints and team-shared tools.6.9k6.7k
#4Chrome DevTools MCPChrome DevTools MCP is an MCP server and CLI that lets coding agents control and inspect a live Chrome browser using Chrome DevTools.54.6k2.7M
#5codebase-memory-mcpHigh-performance code intelligence MCP server. Indexes codebases into a persistent knowledge graph — average repo in milliseconds. 162…47.9k–
#6open-computer-use👾 Open Computer Use – Open-Source Alternative to Codex Computer Use2.8k–

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Exa MCP FAQ

How popular is Exa MCP?

Exa MCP has 5.2k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 42 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 34 a week. Its main package had about 41.3k downloads that week, +133% against its own 4-week average. That made it #16 among MCP servers and agent tools on the Devtoolwatch Board.

What are the best alternatives to Exa MCP?

Other MCP servers and agent tools on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: REA (#1), ha-mcp (#2), Treg (#3), Chrome DevTools MCP (#4), codebase-memory-mcp (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.

Sources

  1. Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026

Exa MCP README badge

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