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Claude Desktop
Anthropic Claude Desktop — MCP-native client, the most common agent runtime
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↑18%
Editor's take
The de facto default client of the whole MCP ecosystem. When a user says "add a tool to Claude," 99% of the time they mean Claude Desktop + MCP.
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Anthropic Claude Desktop — MCP-native client, the most common agent runtime
Install
Pick your runtime, copy the snippet, paste it into your client config.
{
"mcpServers": {
"claude-desktop": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "claude-desktop"]
}
}
}Prerequisites
- ·Node.js 20+
- ·An MCP-compatible client
How it compares
Position among 11 tools in the infra category
By calls
#1/ 11
top <1%
By stars
#4/ 11
top 27%
By AgentStore Score
#1/ 11
top <1%
Security profile
Open source
Yes
Audited
No
Key handling
Local
Paid
Free