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Choose open-source projects: side-by-side verdicts on alternatives, real downloads, maintenance.
Remote server: your requests and data go to repolode.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http repolode https://repolode.com/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
choose_project — Recommends open-source projects for a need (e.g. 'MCP server to query Postgres', 'self-hosted Google Photos replacement', 'terminal coding acompare_projects — The full comparison of one group of similar projects, by slug (from choose_project or list_collections): every project's role (leader, stronsearch_repos — Search Repolode's curated open-source projects by keyword, category or programming language. Returns name, one-line summary, stars, weekly sget_repo — Full Repolode write-up of one GitHub project: summary, description, features, use cases, quick start commands, limitations, license, stars, find_alternatives — Open-source alternatives to a commercial product or service (e.g. 'Notion', 'Google Analytics', 'Zapier'), most-starred first.trending — Projects that gained the most GitHub stars over the last 7 days, optionally within one category.list_collections — Repolode's topic collections (e.g. AI agents, MCP servers, self-hosted apps) with their slug and project count.get_collection — Projects in one topic collection, by slug from list_collections.Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.