Claude Code vs Anthropic MCP

FeatureClaude CodeAnthropic MCP
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Development
PricingPay-per-use (API)Free (open standard)
GitHub Stars25,00045,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Terminal-native
  • ✓ Multi-file editing
  • ✓ Git integration
  • ✓ Codebase reasoning
  • ✓ Tool use
  • ✓ MCP support
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
Tags
codingclianthropicclaudeagentic
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard