Clerk vs mcp
Clerk and mcp are both cloud and devops MCP servers. mcp scores higher (96 vs 94 out of 100). mcp has more GitHub stars (4.4k), and Clerk was updated more recently (yesterday). The table compares them side by side.
| Clerk | mcp | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 94 / 100 | 96 / 100 |
| What it does | The official Clerk CLI. Add authentication to your app with npx -y clerk@latest init (Next.js, React Router, Astro, Nuxt, TanStack Start, Expo, and more). No Clerk account needed to start. Manage users, instances, keys, and deploys from the terminal or a | Cloudflare MCP servers |
| Publisher | Verified: npm:clerk | Verified: mcp.cloudflare.com |
| Grades | Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality B | Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality B |
| npm downloads a week | 87,053 | Not on npm |
| Runs | Local | Remote |
| Works with | Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Windsurf | Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Windsurf, ChatGPT |
| GitHub stars | 55 | 4,395 |
| Last commit | 20 Oct 2026 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Listed since | 20 Oct 2026 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Install Clerk | Install mcp |
Questions
Is Clerk or mcp more popular?
mcp has more GitHub stars: 4,395.
Can I use Clerk and mcp together?
Yes. AI assistants can load several MCP servers at once. Install both and the assistant picks the right one for each task.