MCP Ecosystem Hits 500+ Servers and 97M Monthly SDK Downloads — Protocol Matures with OAuth 2.1, Streamable HTTP, and Linux Foundation Governance

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The MCP ecosystem in April 2026 counts 500+ servers, 97 million monthly SDK downloads, and official client support across every major editor. The spec now includes OAuth 2.1 with incremental scope consent and Streamable HTTP for async tasks. Five platforms shipped official MCP servers since March (Asana, Shortcut, Plane, Smartsheet, Wrike), ClickUp expanded from 6 to 49 tools, and Bitbucket Cloud added full PR lifecycle and pipeline management on April 8. Governance moved to the Linux Foundation.