Compatibility
GitLab edition compatibility
Section titled “GitLab edition compatibility”GitLab MCP Server works with both Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). The Enterprise/Premium catalog unlocks 16 additional enterprise-only meta-tools: use GITLAB_ENTERPRISE=true in stdio mode, or --enterprise/HTTP edition auto-detection in HTTP mode.
| Feature | Community (CE) | Enterprise (EE) |
|---|---|---|
| Projects, Issues, MRs, Pipelines, CI/CD | ✅ | ✅ |
| Wikis, Labels, Milestones, Releases | ✅ | ✅ |
| Users, Groups, Members, Search | ✅ | ✅ |
| Deployments, Environments, Packages | ✅ | ✅ |
| 33 base meta-tools | ✅ | ✅ |
| 46 resources, 37 prompts | ✅ | ✅ |
| Merge Trains | ❌ | ✅ |
| DORA Metrics | ❌ | ✅ |
| Vulnerability Management | ❌ | ✅ |
| Audit Events | ❌ | ✅ |
| Compliance Policies | ❌ | ✅ |
| +16 enterprise meta-tools | ❌ | ✅ |
To enable enterprise features in stdio mode, set GITLAB_ENTERPRISE=true. In HTTP mode, set --enterprise to force the Enterprise/Premium catalog, or omit it to let the server auto-detect CE/EE per token+URL entry when GitLab reports edition.
Platform support
Section titled “Platform support”Pre-built binaries are available for all major platforms:
| OS | Architecture | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | amd64 | gitlab-mcp-server-linux-amd64 |
| Linux | arm64 | gitlab-mcp-server-linux-arm64 |
| macOS | amd64 (Intel) | gitlab-mcp-server-darwin-amd64 |
| macOS | arm64 (Apple Silicon) | gitlab-mcp-server-darwin-arm64 |
| Windows | amd64 | gitlab-mcp-server-windows-amd64.exe |
| Windows | arm64 | gitlab-mcp-server-windows-arm64.exe |
MCP client compatibility
Section titled “MCP client compatibility”Any client supporting the Model Context Protocol stdio transport can use this server. Tested clients:
| Client | Transport | Status |
|---|---|---|
| VS Code + GitHub Copilot | stdio | ✅ |
| Claude Desktop | stdio | ✅ |
| Cursor | stdio | ✅ |
| Claude Code (CLI) | stdio | ✅ |
| Windsurf | stdio | ✅ |
| JetBrains IDEs | stdio | ✅ |
| Zed | stdio | ✅ |
| Kiro | stdio | ✅ |
| Any Streamable HTTP client | HTTP | ✅ |
MCP protocol features
Section titled “MCP protocol features”| Capability | Supported |
|---|---|
| Tools | ✅ (up to 1039 self-managed Enterprise / 1045 GitLab.com + Orbit individual / 33 base, 49 self-managed, 50 GitLab.com meta) |
| Resources | ✅ (46) |
| Prompts | ✅ (37) |
| Completions | ✅ (17 argument types) |
| Sampling | ✅ |
| Elicitation | ✅ |
| Roots | ✅ |
| Logging | ✅ |
| Progress | ✅ |
The 1039 self-managed and 1045 GitLab.com figures are the expanded set of distinct tool instances. The 33 base, 49 self-managed, and 50 GitLab.com counts are meta-tool catalog sizes whose actions expand to that larger individual tool surface.