# Model Context Protocol (MCP)

> Anthropic donated the Model Context Protocol to the Agentic AI Foundation (a Linux Foundation directed fund) on 9 December 2025, when it reported 97M+ monthly SDK downloads across Python and TypeScript and more than 10,000 active public MCP servers; the foundation was co-founded by Anthropic, Block and OpenAI.

Anthropic's open tool/context protocol, now hosted by the Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation.

- **Category:** MCP & Tooling
- **License:** MIT
- **Language:** Multiple (Python, TypeScript, ...)
- **Self-hosted:** Yes
- **GitHub stars:** 9376 (2026-10-04)
- **Repository:** https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol
- **Last verified:** 2026-10-04

> Caveat: Sponsorship is often misstated: OpenAI is a co-founder of the foundation, not merely a sponsor; Google, Microsoft, AWS, Cloudflare and Bloomberg are supporters. The 97M download figure is a December 2025 snapshot and has since grown.

Source: https://agent.c8.fit/tools/mcp/