How do I install mcp-gdrive?

Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/isaacphi/mcp-gdrive

What does mcp-gdrive connect to, and what does it need?

It reaches googledrive and googlesheets. The credentials we found in its source are CLIENT_SECRET.

Is mcp-gdrive official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 282 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is stale. Its last commit we recorded was on 2025-05-07.

What licence does mcp-gdrive use?

The repository declares the MIT licence.

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mcp-gdrive

mcp-gdrive is an MCP server, listed under files & storage. It reaches googledrive and googlesheets. It needs CLIENT_SECRET to authenticate. Its repository has 282 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-22.

This software connects to Google Drive to read files and Google Sheets for editing, requiring authentication credentials.

Install

MCP servers are packaged differently from each other -- some run via npx, some as a Docker image, some as a plain script you clone and run. mcp-gdrive’s own README did not state one plainly enough for this page to quote it rather than guess, so it will not guess. The repository below states it.

Read mcp-gdrive’s own install instructions ↗

What it reaches, and what it needs

Reaches

googledrive, googlesheets

Credential

CLIENT_SECRET

Maintenance

Stars

282

State

stale

Licence

MIT

From the repository

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for reading from Google Drive and editing Google Sheets

View on GitHub ↗2026-10-22

What mcp-gdrive can do

4 tools documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.

gdrive_search: Search for files in Google Drive.
gdrive_read_file: Read contents of a file from Google Drive.
gsheets_read: Read data from a Google Spreadsheet with flexible options for ranges and formatting.
gsheets_update_cell: Update a cell value in a Google Spreadsheet.

Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.

mcp-gdrive compared with similar servers

mcp-gdrive compared with the closest alternatives, by services reached, credentials, stars, last update and licence
Server	Reaches	Needs	Stars	Last update	Licence
mcp-gdrive (this page)	googledrive, googlesheets	CLIENT_SECRET	282	2025-05-07	MIT
mcp-google-sheets	google, googledrive, googlesheets(2 shared)	GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS	1,012	2026-05-14	MIT
mcp-filesystem-server	filesystem	None listed	692	2025-11-24	MIT
mcp-video-analyzer	—	None listed	100	2026-10-21	MIT
fast-filesystem-mcp	filesystem	None listed	64	2026-05-23	Apache-2.0
filesystem-mcp-server	filesystem	None listed	53	2025-07-22	Apache-2.0

Ranked by services in common with mcp-gdrive, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.

Common questions about mcp-gdrive

What does mcp-gdrive do?: This software connects to Google Drive to read files and Google Sheets for editing, requiring authentication credentials.
How do I install mcp-gdrive?: Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/isaacphi/mcp-gdrive
What does mcp-gdrive connect to, and what does it need?: It reaches googledrive and googlesheets. The credentials we found in its source are CLIENT_SECRET.
Is mcp-gdrive official and is it maintained?: We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 282 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is stale. Its last commit we recorded was on 2025-05-07.
What licence does mcp-gdrive use?: The repository declares the MIT licence.

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