toolhive
ToolHive is an enterprise-grade platform for running and managing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.
About toolhive
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ToolHive runs every MCP server in an isolated container, enforces identity and access policy per request when configured with an authentication source, and gives platform teams the observability they need to put MCP in production.
Developers. Run MCP servers with more security and more (token) savings Platform Engineers. Run MCP on your existing Kubernetes infrastructure Enterprises. Self-host MCP servers and stay in control of your data
toolhive is an open-source project written primarily in Go, with 1.9k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in July 2026.
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| toolhive | 1.9k | Go | Apache-2.0 | Open source |
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