MCP Java SDK (official)
The official Java SDK for MCP clients and servers, maintained with Spring AI.
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About MCP Java SDK (official)
The official MCP Java SDK, maintained in collaboration with Spring AI, lets Java applications implement MCP clients and servers with synchronous and asynchronous APIs. Spring AI extends it with Spring Boot client and server starters and annotation-based handlers.
MCP Java SDK (official) is an open-source project written primarily in Java, with 3.7k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in September 2026.
MCP Java SDK (official) vs. the alternatives
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCP Java SDK (official)this listing | 3.7k | Java | MIT | Open source |
| MCP Reference Servers | 91k | TypeScript | MIT AND Apache-2.0 | Open source |
| context7 | 62k | TypeScript | MIT | Open source |
| chrome-devtools-mcp | 53k | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | Open source |
| Playwright MCP | 37k | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | Open source |
| github-mcp-server | 33k | Go | MIT | Open source |
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