DIdinakars777·Apr 21, 2026Submission
MCPorter – Call MCPs from TypeScript or as CLI
5 points · Open discussionopenclaw
mcporter
TypeScript2026–2026
openclaw / mcporter
mcporter
Call MCPs via TypeScript, masquerading as simple TypeScript API. Or package them as cli.
7Distinct people
8Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
5.1KGitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
Call MCPs via TypeScript, masquerading as simple TypeScript API. Or package them as cli.
GitHub
Where it is used
No documented product use has been verified yet.
What people are saying
No recommendation phrase was found in the indexed comments.
No classified warning is attached to this page. Read the discussions before treating silence as approval.
Also in these discussions
- philschmid/mcp-cli · linked in 2 of the same discussions
Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.
This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.
No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.
Mentions over time
HN mentions by week8 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2026-02-01 12:40:32 UTC to 2026-04-21 21:30:08 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
View mention counts and date ranges
| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26 | 2026-01-26 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-02-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Feb 2 | 2026-02-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-02-09 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 9 | 2026-02-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-02-16 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 16 | 2026-02-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-02-23 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 23 | 2026-02-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mar 2 | 2026-03-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-09 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 9 | 2026-03-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mar 16 | 2026-03-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-23 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 23 | 2026-03-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-30 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 30 | 2026-03-30 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-06 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 6 | 2026-04-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-13 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 13 | 2026-04-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-20 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20 | 2026-04-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
8 sourcesMCPorter is a critical utility developed by Peter Steinberger that acts as a bridge for OpenClaw to support the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing AI agents to connect to external tools. It enables OpenClaw to maintain a lightweight core while integrating MCP servers for tool discovery, CLI generation, and OAuth management. For more information, visit MCPorter's GitHub repository - https://github.com/steipete/mcporter
In MCPorter – Call MCPs from TypeScript or as CLICool, adding this to my list of MCP CLIs:
- https://github.com/apify/mcpc
- https://github.com/chrishayuk/mcp-cli
- https://github.com/wong2/mcp-cli
- https://github.com/f/mcptools
- https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-client-cli
- https://github.com/thellimist/clihub
- https://github.com/EstebanForge/mcp-cli-ent
- https://github.com/knowsuchagency/mcp2cli
- https://github.com/philschmid/mcp-cli
- https://github.com/steipete/mcporter
- https://github.com/mattzcarey/cloudflare-mcp
- https://github.com/assimelha/cmcp
In Show HN: Mcp2cli – One CLI for every API, 96-99% fewer tokens than native MCPHow does this differ from mcporter? https://github.com/steipete/mcporter/
In Show HN: Mcp2cli – One CLI for every API, 96-99% fewer tokens than native MCPPretty sure I saw this one a couple of weeks back, or something very similar to it..
https://github.com/philschmid/mcp-cli
Edit: Turns out was https://github.com/steipete/mcporter noted elsewhere in the thread, but mcp-cli looks like a very similar thing.
In Making MCP cheaper via CLIThis sounds similar to MCPorter[0], can anyone point out the differences?
[0] https://github.com/steipete/mcporter
In Making MCP cheaper via CLImcporter: Call MCPs via TypeScript, Masquerading as Simple TypeScript API
3 points · Open discussionI've seen a couple of power users already switching to Pi [1], and I'm considering that too. The premise is very appealing:
- Minimal, configurable context - including system prompts [2]
- Minimal and extensible tools; for example, todo tasks extension [3]
- No built-in MCP support; extensions exist [4]. I'd rather use mcporter [5]
Full control over context is a high-leverage capability. If you're aware of the many limitations of context on performance (in-context retrieval limits [6], context rot [7], contextual drift [8], etc.), you'd truly appreciate Pi lets you fine-tune the WHOLE context for optimal performance.
It's clearly not for everyone, but I can see how powerful it can be.
---
[1] https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/31/pi/
[2] https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin...
[3] https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-st