Best MCP Servers for Jira & Issue Tracking (September 2026)

Nerq found 422 MCP servers for jira & issue tracking, ranked below by GitHub stars and weighted compliance score across 52 global AI jurisdictions. The top-ranked MCP server for jira & issue tracking is backlog-mcp-server with 141 stars and a trust score of 73/100. MCP servers for managing issues, tasks, and sprints in Jira, Linear, and other trackers.

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Top 20 MCP Servers for Jira & Issue Tracking

#	Name	Stars	Trust	Author	License	Description
1	backlog-mcp-server	141	B 73	nulab	MIT	A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with the Backlog API, enabling AI-driven proje
2	sooperset/mcp-atlassian	4,360	C 70	sooperset	N/A	MCP server for Atlassian tools (Confluence, Jira)
3	jira-mcp	0	C 70	odesh009	MIT	A comprehensive Model Context Protocol server for JIRA integration.
4	jira-mcp-server	1	C 70	stolostron	Apache-2.0	A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for integrating AI applications with Jira.
5	advanced-trello-mcp-server	4	C 68	adriangrahldev	MIT	An enhanced MCP server for Trello integration with Cursor AI.
6	jira-mcp	0	C 68	fajarmf	MIT	A Model Context Protocol server for Atlassian Jira integration.
7	jira-mcp-extended	0	C 68	Consight-Swiss	MIT	Extended Jira MCP server for read and write operations.
8	startmcp	0	C 68	Lazareprotrusible421	MIT	Unified MCP gateway server for connecting AI assistants to multiple data sources.
9	linear-claude-skill	42	C 67	wrsmith108	MIT	A Claude Code skill for managing Linear issues, projects, and teams.
10	mcp_jira	1	C 67	wince87	MIT	MCP server for Jira with automatic Markdown-to-ADF conversion.
11	atlassian-mcp-server	0	C 65	tingyiy	MIT	An open-source MCP server for Atlassian Jira and Confluence Cloud.
12	io.github.midagedev/gadak	0	B- 65	https://github.com/midagedev/gadak	N/A	Ask a local SQLite mirror of your Jira and Confluence: SQL, full-text search, issue detail.
13	linear-mcp	0	C 65	dedalus-labs	MIT	Linear MCP server for Dedalus.
14	git_proj_manger_mcp	0	C 65	mohithgowdak	MIT	A comprehensive MCP server for advanced GitHub project management.
15	asana-mcp-server	0	C 65	haroldcampbell	MIT	MCP server for Asana tools.
16	mcp-linear	124	C 64	tacticlaunch	N/A	MCP server for AI assistants to interact with Linear project management system.
17	asanamcp	0	C 64	adlio	MIT	asanamcp is a STDIO Rust MCP server for the Asana API.
18	mcp-server-trello	236	C 64	delorenj	N/A	A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for interacting with Trello boards.
19	dtJiraMCPServer	0	C 64	Digital-Thought	MIT	dtJiraMCPServer is an MCP Server for Jira Cloud and JSM Cloud administration via natural language.
20	jira-mcp	0	C 63	jimloco	LGPL-2.1	Enterprise-grade JIRA MCP Server for comprehensive integration.

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About MCP Servers for Jira & Issue Tracking

MCP servers for managing issues, tasks, and sprints in Jira, Linear, and other trackers. Nerq tracks 422 MCP servers in the jira & issue tracking category, each assessed against 52 global AI regulations including the EU AI Act, US state AI laws (California SB53, Colorado SB205), UK AI Bill, and more. Compliance scores are weighted by jurisdiction penalty severity — jurisdictions with higher fines (like the EU AI Act at up to €35M) have more impact on the score than voluntary frameworks.

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