FastMCP by jlowin

The fast, Pythonic way to build MCP servers and clients.

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Verdict 77/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 3/5 setup difficulty Last release 23 days ago

Self-host FastMCP on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
77 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
3 /5
External DB / setup
GitHub stars
25k
2.0k forks

About FastMCP

From the project's README at github.com/jlowin/fastmcp. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

[](https://gofastmcp.com) [](https://discord.gg/uu8dJCgttd) [](https://pypi.org/project/fastmcp) [](https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/actions/workflows/run-tests.yml) [](https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/LICENSE)

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
99
maturity
81
community
90
security
85
sustainability
65
adoption
40

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 25k github.com/jlowin/fastmcp
GitHub forks 2.0k github.com/jlowin/fastmcp

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age1.4 yearssince Nov 2024
Last commit2 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped96last: 23 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

11 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. Most recent: GHSA-vv7q-7jx5-f767.

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Ready to self-host FastMCP?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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