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gricker.eu: European alternatives

MCP serverVerified domain · gricker.euRemote● LiveFree to try

European and open-source alternatives to mainstream software, judged by the current owner's HQ.

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to gricker.eu. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http gricker-eu-european-alternatives https://gricker.eu/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

  • find_alternatives — Given a mainstream tool a business wants to move away from (e.g. "Notion", "Google Analytics", "AWS"), return European and/or open-source al
  • search_tools — Search European/open-source tools by keyword or by meaning. Use when the user describes a need rather than naming a tool to replace.
  • get_tool — Full record for one catalog tool by name: description, country, sources, what it replaces.
  • list_categories — The fixed category taxonomy with a count of published tools in each.
  • check_coverage — Given a list of tools someone uses, report which have European alternatives in the catalog. Much cheaper than calling find_alternatives repe
  • suggest_tool — Submit a European or open-source tool missing from the catalog. It enters a human review queue — submission is not publication, and HQ evide

KitScout test notes

Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.

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