IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway alternatives

Open-source registry and proxy that federates MCP, A2A and REST/gRPC APIs behind one endpoint with centralized discovery, guardrails, governance and plugins. Full IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway record →

  1. 1 Kong AI Gateway MCP gateways & registries

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also open source · also self-hostable · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 44k released 2026-10-19 Apache-2.0 (Kong Gateway OSS); enterprise… Compare with IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway →

  2. 2 Obot MCP gateways & registries

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also open source · also self-hostable · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 1.1k released 2026-10-29 MIT Compare with IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway →

  3. 3 Microsoft MCP Gateway MCP gateways & registries

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also open source · also self-hostable · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 899 released 2026-10-27 MIT Compare with IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway →

  4. 4 Official MCP Registry MCP gateways & registries

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ? ★ 7.4k released 2026-10-29 Apache-2.0 (transitioning from MIT) Compare with IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway →

  5. 5 Ghost Beacon MCP gateways & registries

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also open source · also self-hostable · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ released 2026-10-28 MIT Compare with IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway →

  6. 6 Docker MCP Catalog, Toolkit & Gateway MCP gateways & registries

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also has MCP

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 1.6k released 2026-10-26 proprietary; mcp-gateway MIT Compare with IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway →

  7. 7 Lunar.dev MCPX MCP gateways & registries ⚠ acquired — acquired by Boomi

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also open source · also self-hostable · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 506 released 2026-10-29 MIT (open-source gateway); enterprise… Compare with IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway →

  8. 8 Cloudflare MCP server portals MCP gateways & registries

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also has MCP

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ✓ proprietary Compare with IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway →

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