ToolHive
Enterprise-grade platform for running and managing Model Context Protocol servers. Built by Stacklok. 1,780 GitHub stars and 100 commits on main in the last 30 days.
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"toolhive": {
"command": "toolhive",
"args": [
"serve",
"--stdio"
],
"env": {
"TOOLHIVE_TOKEN": "YOUR_TOOLHIVE_TOKEN"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"toolhive": {
"command": "toolhive",
"args": [
"serve",
"--stdio"
],
"env": {
"TOOLHIVE_TOKEN": "YOUR_TOOLHIVE_TOKEN"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"toolhive": {
"command": "toolhive",
"args": [
"serve",
"--stdio"
],
"env": {
"TOOLHIVE_TOKEN": "YOUR_TOOLHIVE_TOKEN"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"toolhive": {
"command": "toolhive",
"args": [
"serve",
"--stdio"
],
"env": {
"TOOLHIVE_TOKEN": "YOUR_TOOLHIVE_TOKEN"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"toolhive": {
"command": "toolhive",
"args": [
"serve",
"--stdio"
],
"env": {
"TOOLHIVE_TOKEN": "YOUR_TOOLHIVE_TOKEN"
}
}
}
}
6 SELECTED TOOLS
OUR ASSESSMENT
stacklok/toolhive is the Stacklok-built enterprise platform for running MCP servers. Tool surface covers server management, deployment with policy, runtime metrics, policy listing, traffic inspection, and audit logging. Targets enterprise teams that need observability, policy enforcement, and audit trails for production agent deployments.
- Stacklok official maintenance.
- 1,780 GitHub stars.
- 100 commits on main in the last 30 days.
- Apache-2.0 license.
- Enterprise-grade policy and audit features.
- Go binary; no runtime dependencies.
- Heavier setup than direct stdio MCP launches; targeted at enterprise scale.
- Stacklok focuses on commercial support tiers; OSS edition has core features.
- Operational complexity scales with number of managed servers.
TOOLHIVE_TOKEN carries platform-admin permissions. Use a service-account token scoped to the agent flow. Audit logs may contain sensitive prompt content; restrict access to the security team.
Enterprise IT running multiple MCP servers at scale; security teams requiring policy-based access control and audit trails for agent deployments; multi-team setups where one platform manages MCP servers across business units.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
RECORDED ADOPTION METRICS
Saved directory snapshots. Record last checked MAY 9, 2026. The review date above does not refresh these figures.
// Recorded note1,780 stars on stacklok/toolhive. 100 commits on main in the last 30 days.
// Recorded notePairs with Agent Gateway, Docker MCP Gateway, MCP Registry, MCP Inspector, MCPHub, ACI in MCP infrastructure. ToolHive targets the enterprise-management slot.
SOURCES & RECORDED CHECKS
These are the directory listings and check details held in this record. Client compatibility, directory listings and installation testing are separate signals. Recorded client names describe the scope of a check; they do not establish a security assessment or a recurring test schedule.
The same server, 5 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 4.6editorial | 1,780 | — | MAY 9, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 9, 2026 |
| MCP.so | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 9, 2026 |
| Glama | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 9, 2026 |
| Smithery | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 9, 2026 |
| Official MCP Registry | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 9, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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