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.
MCP Context Forge scores 6.8/10 (Solid) in Gateways & Routers.
Language Python License Apache-2.0 Stars 4k★ Type service Self-host Yes Repo IBM/mcp-context-forge Homepage https://github.com/IBM/mcp-context-forge
Quality
Solid 6.8
Adoption 40
Activity 85
Maturity 83
Community 47
Capability 50
Show the math
Overall 6.8/10
value = 6.8/10
score = value
Adoption 4.6/10
value = 40.1/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Activity 8.7/10
value = 85.3/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Maturity 8.5/10
value = 83/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Community 5.2/10
value = 47.1/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Capability 5.5/10
value = 50/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Key metrics
4k★ GitHub stars
404/90d Recent commits
21 devs/90d Recent contributors
1.2y Project age
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Labels
- Self-hosted
Self-hosted
You deploy and operate it yourself; there is no hosted option here.
- Managed option
Managed option
Available as a hosted/managed service in addition to self-hosting.
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