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docs-mcp-server
Version-aware docs index that feeds library documentation to coding assistants
- Stars
- 1.9k
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Last release
- Oct 2026
- Language
- TypeScript
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Overview
Fetches documentation from websites, GitHub repositories, npm, PyPI, local folders and archives, and indexes it per library version in a local SQLite database. Search is exposed over MCP (stdio or Streamable HTTP), a CLI and a web UI. Full-text search works by default; vector search is optional via OpenAI, Ollama, Gemini, Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI or OpenAI-compatible servers.
Who it is for: Developers who want coding assistants to use version-matched docs
Strengths
- Stores each library version separately, so searches match the version a project uses
- Indexes websites, GitHub, npm, PyPI, ZIP/TAR, PDF, Office, EPUB and notebooks
- Runs via npx or Docker with a local SQLite index, no external database
- Works without an embedding model; Ollama keeps document text on the machine
Weaknesses
- Usage telemetry is on by default and must be turned off manually
- Docs indexed before an embedding model is set get no vectors until re-scraped
- You add and refresh each library yourself; scrape refuses existing versions
- MCP endpoint is unauthenticated unless OAuth2/OIDC is configured separately
What it needs
- no GPU
- Docker + Compose
- Needs Node.js 22+ or Docker, Optional embedding provider (OpenAI, Ollama, Gemini, Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI)
- Models: OpenAI, Ollama, Gemini, Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock
- port 6280
Quick answers
Is docs-mcp-server open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.
Can you run docs-mcp-server with Docker?
Yes. Its repository has a Docker setup: a Dockerfile, a Compose file or a published image.
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