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opensourcechoice.com

Search and retrieve approved open-source projects and their alternatives to proprietary tools.

1 endpoint3 known toolsFirst detected August 15, 2026Last detected August 15, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://opensourcechoice.com/api/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: opensourcechoice-catalog
Version: 1.0.0

Capabilities

tools

Server instructions

Use these read-only tools to discover approved catalog projects. Verify licenses and deployment details at the returned official sources before making adoption decisions.

Known tools 3

search_projects

Search approved open-source projects by name, description, category, tag, stack, license, or proprietary alternative.

Inferred read-only

get_project

Return the public catalog record and verified source links for one approved project slug.

Inferred read-only

find_alternatives

Find approved open-source projects explicitly linked to a proprietary product slug.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.opensourcechoice-catalog]
url = "https://opensourcechoice.com/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opensourcechoice-catalog": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://opensourcechoice.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: opensourcechoice-catalog
Remote MCP URL: https://opensourcechoice.com/api/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opensourcechoice-catalog": {
      "url": "https://opensourcechoice.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "opensourcechoice-catalog": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://opensourcechoice.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "opensourcechoice-catalog",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://opensourcechoice.com/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

Trust Data Available

BuiltWith Trust API v2 evidence for opensourcechoice.com was fetched 2026-08-23T22:02:29.616Z.

Trust status Neutral

opensourcechoice.com is assessed as Neutral: No suspicious signals found, but no strong positive signal either

Indexed

Evidence is source-attributed and does not guarantee that a third-party server is safe. Risk labels are conservative metadata heuristics.