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ContextForge

Open-source MCP gateway, registry, and proxy.

Categories
MCPInfra
Pricing
FREE
Hosting
Self-host
Platforms
API
Models
Model-agnostic
Verified
Jun 19, 2026

ContextForge is an open-source gateway that sits in front of Model Context Protocol servers, federating them — alongside A2A agents and REST/gRPC APIs — behind a single endpoint with centralized governance. It speaks HTTP, JSON-RPC, WebSocket, SSE, stdio, and streamable HTTP, and ships an admin UI, OpenTelemetry-based observability, Redis-backed caching, and multi-cluster federation. Built and maintained by IBM, it targets production deployments that need to manage many MCP tools at once.

Pros & cons

  • Apache-2.0, backed by IBM
  • Federates MCP, A2A, and REST/gRPC
  • Built-in observability and admin UI
  • Multi-cluster federation
  • Self-host setup and ops overhead
  • Heavier than a single MCP server
  • Enterprise-oriented complexity

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