How do I install opentabs?

Its own README gives this command: npm install -g @opentabs-dev/cli opentabs start. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.

Is opentabs official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 989 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-17.

What licence does opentabs use?

The repository declares the MIT licence.

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opentabs

opentabs is an MCP server, listed under browser & scraping. Its repository has 989 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-22.

Browser automation clicks buttons. OpenTabs calls APIs.

Install

Read from opentabs’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.

npm install -g @opentabs-dev/cli
opentabs start

View in opentabs’s own README ↗

What it reaches, and what it needs

Reaches

○ not recognised

Credential

○ none found

Maintenance

Stars

989

State

listed

Licence

MIT

From the repository

Browser automation clicks buttons. OpenTabs calls APIs.

View on GitHub ↗2026-10-22

opentabs compared with similar servers

opentabs compared with the closest alternatives, by services reached, credentials, stars, last update and licence
Server	Reaches	Needs	Stars	Last update	Licence
opentabs (this page)	—	None listed	989	2026-10-17	MIT
mcp-chrome	chrome	None listed	12,501	2026-01-06	MIT
webclaw	webclaw	WEBCLAW_API_KEY	2,386	2026-10-21	AGPL-3.0
fetcher-mcp	playwright	None listed	1,088	2026-01-14	MIT
puppeteer-mcp-server	chrome, puppeteer	None listed	486	2025-03-14	MIT
moling	—	None listed	339	2026-03-15	Apache-2.0

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

Common questions about opentabs

What does opentabs do?: Browser automation clicks buttons. OpenTabs calls APIs.
How do I install opentabs?: Its own README gives this command: npm install -g @opentabs-dev/cli opentabs start. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.
Is opentabs official and is it maintained?: We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 989 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-17.
What licence does opentabs use?: The repository declares the MIT licence.

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moling339 stars
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