Chainlit vs Anthropic MCP

FeatureChainlitAnthropic MCP
CategoryChat InterfacesAI Development
PricingFree (open-source)Free (open standard)
GitHub Stars8,00045,000
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Chat UI
  • ✓ File upload
  • ✓ Streaming
  • ✓ Authentication
  • ✓ Multi-step display
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
Tags
chatuipythonopen-source
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard