Is LobeHub MCP Marketplace worth it?
Worth doing for any MCP server with a public GitHub repo. Publishing is free, the listing goes live as soon as the CLI command succeeds, and links in the listing to your homepage carry no nofollow. Your server may already be listed from a crawl, so claiming it and setting the homepage field is often the fastest win. It needs a terminal and Node.js 22, so it suits developers, not a general SaaS without an MCP server.
Who should submit to LobeHub MCP Marketplace?
Suits MCP server authors who own or can push to the GitHub repo, including teams that want versioned listings and translated descriptions. LobeHub chat users who install servers are the readers. Not a fit for products that are not MCP servers, or for anyone without a GitHub repo, since ownership is checked through GitHub.
What you need before you submit
- An MCP server with a GitHub repository you own or can push to
- A LobeHub account and a connected GitHub account
- Node.js 22 or later to run @lobehub/market-cli
- An lhm.plugin.json manifest with identifier, name and version
How to submit to LobeHub MCP Marketplace
- Search lobehub.com/mcp to see whether the server is already listed
- Run lhm login and lhm github connect (both open a browser)
- If listed, run lhm plugin claim with the identifier
- Generate the manifest with lhm plugin init, review it and add homepage
- Run lhm plugin publish with the repo URL for a new listing, or lhm plugin update for an existing one
- Check the result with lhm plugin list
LobeHub MCP Marketplace: pros and cons
Pros
- Free
- Listing is live as soon as publish succeeds
- Links to the homepage and repo carry no rel nofollow
- Versioned listings that you control through a manifest
- Automatic translations into other languages
Cons
- Only MCP servers are listed
- Requires a terminal, Node.js 22 and a GitHub repo
- Login and GitHub connect need a human in a browser
- Automated access to marketplace pages is blocked without an API plan, so scripted checks are hard
Tips for LobeHub MCP Marketplace
- Claim an existing crawled listing before publishing a new one to avoid identifier conflicts
- Set the homepage field in lhm.plugin.json to your product site
- Push a good README first; the listing re-reads it on every publish and update
- Running plugin update marks the version validated and removes the Unvalidated badge
Questions about LobeHub MCP Marketplace
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Can I submit without the CLI?
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