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toolhive

ToolHive is an enterprise-grade platform for running and managing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Best for

Platform teams running MCP servers in isolated containers on existing Kubernetes, with per-request access policy and production observability.

Avoid if

You want a zero-setup local launcher; per-request identity and access policy depends on configuring an authentication source.

About toolhive

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

From the project's README

toolhive is an open-source project written primarily in Go, with 2.2k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in September 2026.

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