best of · updated September 2026

The 15 best design MCP servers

The 15 design MCP servers worth your time, out of 281 we track - actively maintained, with real adoption, ranked on monthly installs, GitHub stars, and commit recency. Checked nightly.

Design MCP servers connect agents to design files and asset workflows. Look for Figma-class integrations, export tools, and comment or inspect capabilities documented in the README.

01 Figma Context MCP (glips) ★ 15,874 · commit 2026-09-18 Give your coding agent access to your Figma data. 307,488 installs/mo · no env vars documented $ npx -y figma-developer-mcp 02 Photoshop MCP ★ 478 · commit 2026-09-18 Languages: English · 简体中文 · Español · Deutsch · 日本語 · Türkçe · Website. 13,172 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y @alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp 03 Stata MCP ★ 260 · commit 2026-09-14 MCP-for-Stata is an open-source MCP server and CLI that lets any AI agent you use invoke local Stata on your device for regression analysis, econometrics, paper replication, and empirical research. 12,422 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · needs 1 env var $ uvx stata-mcp 04 Codesign ★ 31 · commit 2026-09-17 Local design engine for AI agents: create, edit and export real, editable designs. 10,316 installs/mo · no env vars documented $ npx -y @imgly/codesign-mcp 05 Style Kit ★ 512 · commit 2026-09-17 148 套精选风格，每套都包含设计令牌、组件配方、Tailwind 约束与可直接复制的提示词。 简体中文 English 风格展示 页面模板 动效 参与贡献. 1,121 installs/mo · no env vars documented $ npx -y stylekit-mcp 06 Canvas MCP (vishalsachdev) ★ 253 · commit 2026-09-15 MCP server for Canvas LMS with up to 101 tools and 8 agent skills. 1,642 installs/mo · 8 releases/90d · no env vars documented $ uvx canvas-mcp 07 Illustrator MCP Server ★ 121 · commit 2026-09-14 🇺🇸 English | 🇯🇵 日本語 | 🇨🇳 简体中文 | 🇰🇷 한국어 | 🇪🇸 Español | 🇩🇪 Deutsch | 🇫🇷 Français | 🇵🇹 Português (BR). 1,860 installs/mo · 40 tools documented · 6 releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y illustrator-mcp-server 08 Easyeda MCP Pro ★ 46 · commit 2026-09-15 Production-grade MCP server for EasyEDA Pro: safe PCB design inspection, BOM sourcing, manufacturing export, and AI-assisted hardware review. 2,787 installs/mo · 2 releases/90d · needs 7 env vars $ npx -y easyeda-mcp-pro 09 Figma MCP Server (planetabhi) ★ 9 · commit 2026-09-15 A local MCP server with full Figma REST API coverage. 6,881 installs/mo · 3 releases/90d · needs 1 env var $ npx -y figma-mcp-server 10 Mellos Mapping ★ 58 · commit 2026-09-18 A live, terminal-native map of bottom-up development for Claude Code, ChatGPT desktop Codex mode and Codex CLI. 1,844 installs/mo · 6 releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y mellos-mapping 11 NVIDIA Elements ★ 86 · commit 2026-09-18 NVIDIA Design System and UI Agent Harness for AI/ML Factories, Robotics, and Autonomous Vehicles. 1,118 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y @nvidia-elements/cli 12 UI Beats ★ 232 · commit 2026-08-23 Beautifully designed, animated React components you can copy, paste, or install with the shadcn CLI. 821 installs/mo · no env vars documented $ npx -y @uibeats/mcp 13 Kiln ★ 63 · commit 2026-09-17 The open-source MCP server for 3D printing. 1,252 installs/mo · 7 releases/90d · needs 9 env vars $ uvx kiln3d 14 melta UI ★ 197 · commit 2026-09-15 AI-Ready design system MCP: melta UI tokens, component contracts, 99 rules, check_html self-verify 574 installs/mo · no env vars documented $ npx -y melta-ds-mcp 15 HIG Doctor ★ 129 · commit 2026-09-11 Active open-source project · MIT tooling with attributed Apple reference content. 1,478 installs/mo · 2 releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y hig-mcp

How to choose between them

Figma Context MCP (glips) tops the list - the most installs (307,488 last month) and actively maintained. All 15 run locally as stdio servers. 11 document no required env vars - paste the config and go; the others need env vars set first (each page lists exactly which). Where we've compared two of these head-to-head, the comparison is linked on each one's page.

Quick answers

Which design MCP server is most installed?

Figma Context MCP (glips), with 307,488 installs in the last month (as of September 2026).

How many design MCP servers exist?

We track 281 design MCP servers in the official registry. The 15 above are the actively-maintained ones with real adoption - ranked by monthly installs, GitHub stars, and commit recency.

All 85 design MCP servers

Ranked 16 onward, same order as above. Status checked last night.

How this list is ranked

Ranked from live registry + GitHub data: monthly installs (npm/PyPI), GitHub stars, and commit recency - recomputed nightly. No pay-to-rank, ever. The 15 above lead the full list of 85, all of which you can see on this page. The other 196 we track have stopped being maintained, or nobody is using them yet. Full recipe: how we verify.