best of · updated September 2026
The 14 best Jira MCP servers
The 14 Jira MCP servers worth your time, out of 14 we track - actively maintained, with real adoption, ranked on monthly installs, GitHub stars, and commit recency. Checked nightly.
These servers connect an assistant to Jira and the Atlassian suite: issues, sprints, and search. OAuth or API-token setup is the first step on every one of them.
$ npx -y @kaneo/mcp 02 Saga MCP ★ 37 · commit 2026-09-15 Your coding agent loses the plan between sessions. 1,897 installs/mo · 40 tools documented · 10+ releases/90d · needs 2 env vars $ npx -y saga-mcp 03 Jira Stdio ★ 14 · commit 2026-09-14 A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Jira API integration. 2,570 installs/mo · 3 releases/90d · needs 3 env vars $ npx -y mcp-jira-stdio 04 Pipes Hub ★ 6 · commit 2026-09-16 This guide covers how to connect PipesHub's remote MCP server to Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, Claude.ai (Web), and LibreChat using static OAuth credentials or bearer tokens. 2,702 installs/mo · 8 releases/90d · needs 3 env vars $ npx -y @pipeshub-ai/mcp 05 Atlassian Rovo MCP Server ★ 1,112 · commit 2026-09-15 Connect to Atlassian Jira, Confluence, Loom, and more to search, create, and manage your work. no env vars documented $ claude mcp add atlassian-atlassian-mcp-server --transport http https://mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp 06 Jira Alerts (JSM Operations) ★ 4 · commit 2026-09-14 Find what is paging you, and who is on call - from your agent. 1,759 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · needs 4 env vars $ npx -y jira-alerts-mcp 07 Rebar ★ 4 · commit 2026-09-18 An event-sourced, git-backed ticket store + Jira reconciler built for agent swarms - one store, exposed as a Python library, a CLI, and an MCP server. 652 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · needs 1 env var $ uvx nava-rebar 08 Jira Cloud ★ 4 · commit 2026-09-05 A Model Context Protocol server for interacting with Jira Cloud instances. 1,095 installs/mo · 7 tools documented · 1 release/90d · needs 3 env vars $ npx -y @aaronsb/jira-cloud-mcp 09 Atlassian Extended ★ 3 · commit 2026-08-22 26 documented tools with a focus on jira; local stdio install. 590 installs/mo · 26 tools documented · 2 releases/90d · needs 6 env vars $ uvx mcp-atlassian-extended 10 Gadak ★ 41 · commit 2026-09-18 Ask a local SQLite mirror of your Jira and Confluence: SQL, full-text search, issue detail. 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented 11 Orbit (noveum) ★ 39 · commit 2026-09-18 A free, realtime, keyboard-first task manager. 4 releases/90d · no env vars documented $ claude mcp add noveum-orbit --transport http https://orbit.noveum.ai/mcp 12 Jira MCP ★ 5 · commit 2026-05-29 The most complete open source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Jira & Atlassian. 275 installs/mo · 23 tools documented · needs 7 env vars $ npx -y raalarcon-jira-mcp-server 13 Jira Scoped ★ 3 · commit 2026-04-01 The only MCP server for Jira that works with Atlassian's scoped API tokens. 295 installs/mo · 19 tools documented · needs 4 env vars $ npx -y mcp-jira-scoped 14 Gitstandup ★ 5 · commit 2026-02-02 A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that automatically collects your git commits from multiple repositories and helps AI assistants generate natural, comprehensive standup summaries. 200 installs/mo · 4 tools documented · no env vars documented $ npx -y gitstandup-mcp How to choose between them
Kaneo ranks #1 on the installs + stars + recency blend; Pipes Hub has the most raw installs (2,702 last month) if adoption is all you weigh. 3 of these 14 offer a remote endpoint (no local process to run); the rest are local stdio servers. 5 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 Jira MCP server is most installed?
Pipes Hub, with 2,702 installs in the last month (as of September 2026). By GitHub stars the leader is Kaneo (9,115).
How many Jira MCP servers exist?
We track 14 actively-maintained MCP servers built for Jira, matched from the official registry and each project's own description. The 14 above lead on monthly installs, GitHub stars, and commit recency.
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. Every Jira server we cover is listed above. Full recipe: how we verify.