mcp-context-forge and mcp-gateway

These are competitors offering overlapping gateway/proxy functionality for MCP servers, though IBM's solution is broader (supporting multiple API types and registry features) while the hyprmcp tool specializes in OAuth security and analytics.

mcp-context-forge
70
Verified
mcp-gateway
47
Emerging
Maintenance 22/25
Adoption 10/25
Maturity 15/25
Community 23/25
Maintenance 10/25
Adoption 9/25
Maturity 15/25
Community 13/25
Stars: 3,393
Forks: 570
Downloads:
Commits (30d): 191
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
Stars: 87
Forks: 11
Downloads:
Commits (30d): 0
Language: Go
License: MIT
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About mcp-context-forge

IBM/mcp-context-forge

An AI Gateway, registry, and proxy that sits in front of any MCP, A2A, or REST/gRPC APIs, exposing a unified endpoint with centralized discovery, guardrails and management. Optimizes Agent & Tool calling, and supports plugins.

This project helps AI developers and architects consolidate various AI agents, tools, and APIs into a single, managed access point. It takes disparate communication protocols (like MCP, A2A, REST, gRPC) and presents them as a unified, governed endpoint. This allows developers to easily integrate and manage diverse AI capabilities within their applications.

AI-infrastructure API-management agent-orchestration AI-governance system-integration

About mcp-gateway

hyprmcp/mcp-gateway

MCP OAuth Proxy incl. dynamic client registration (DCR), MCP prompt analytics and MCP firewall to build enterprise grade MCP servers.

This project helps developers build enterprise-grade Machine Learning Control Plane (MCP) servers by handling complex authentication and security. It takes raw MCP server traffic and adds robust OAuth authorization, producing secure, compliant server interactions. Backend and infrastructure developers who are building or maintaining MCP server infrastructure would use this.

API Security Authentication Management Backend Infrastructure Access Control Microservices Security

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