# stacklok/toolhive

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

Repository: https://github.com/stacklok/toolhive
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/toolhive
Homepage: https://stacklok.com/download/
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: ai, aicodeassistant, mcp, ai-security, mcp-security, mcp-servers, mcp-tools, security, golang, kubernetes, model-context-protocol
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:00:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 38
- inputs: {"age_days": 539, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 359}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2043, forks 283 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:08.674204+00:00)

## What it is
ToolHive is an open-source platform for running, securing, and managing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. It wraps MCP servers in isolated containers, provides a registry, gateway, CLI, desktop app, and a Kubernetes operator for enterprise deployments.

## Use cases
- run mcp servers securely in isolated containers
- deploy mcp servers on kubernetes
- self-host an mcp registry and gateway
- connect claude code or cursor to mcp servers with one command
- reduce llm token usage from tool definitions
- enforce identity and access policy on mcp tool calls
- audit and observe mcp server usage in production

## When to choose
- you need to run MCP servers in production with security, isolation, and audit logs
- you want a self-hosted alternative to SaaS MCP platforms for compliance reasons
- your platform team wants to manage MCP on existing Kubernetes infrastructure
- you want one-click client configuration for Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, and other AI clients

## When to avoid
- you only need a single MCP server locally with no security or governance requirements
- your AI client only supports STDIO transport and you cannot use SSE or Streamable HTTP
- you need a general-purpose agent framework rather than MCP server infrastructure

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: mcp, security, container-runtime, api-gateway, authorization, monitoring, self-hosted, developer-tools
- domain: artificial-intelligence, large-language-models, security, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: go, cli, windows, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: mcp-servers, mcp-gateway, mcp-registry, kubernetes-operator, container-isolation, semantic-tool-search, otel-tracing, ai-security, ai-agents, devops, containers, kubernetes, docker, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- stacklok/toolhive (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:08.674204+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:58:16.988214+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/stacklok/toolhive (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:08.674204+00:00, sha f37d26fdf4af)
  - homepage: https://stacklok.com/download/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:38:23.725286+00:00, sha 22991a92959e)
  - site_page: https://docs.stacklok.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:38:23.734515+00:00, sha cb574c5b988b)
  - site_page: https://docs.stacklok.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:38:23.736483+00:00, sha cb574c5b988b)
  - site_page: https://docs.stacklok.com/toolhive/reference/client-compatibility (fetched 2026-08-29T10:38:23.738291+00:00, sha b9a2db1c4a45)
  - site_page: https://stacklok.com/company (fetched 2026-08-29T10:38:23.740464+00:00, sha f7c0ce611b11)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.