Microsoft MCP Gateway
https://github.com/microsoft/mcp-gateway
Reverse proxy and management layer for MCP servers on Kubernetes, providing session-aware stateful routing and lifecycle management.
Active · Verified 2026-10-29 · fresh as of 2026-10-29 · 14 cited facts, 0 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction
At a glance
- Tier
- T3
- Section
- MCP gateways & registries
- Created
- 2025-05-14 repo fix
- Latest release
- last commit 2026-10-27 repo fix
- GitHub
- https://github.com/microsoft/mcp-gateway (899★) repo fix
- Pricing
- searched not found fix
- Funding
- searched not found fix
- Freshness
- 2026-10-29 fix
- Layer
- agent-infra repo fix
- Licensing
- open-source repo fix
- Protocols
- mcp-client, mcp-server repo fix
When to use
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Pros & cons
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Claims & capabilities
MCP Gateway is a reverse proxy and management layer for MCP servers, enabling scalable, session-aware stateful routing and lifecycle management of MCP servers in Kubernetes environments.
Technical surface
- API surface
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- Backend storage
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- Deployment
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- Embedding model
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- Multi-tenancy
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- MCP
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- A2A
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- OpenTelemetry
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Sources (13 cited facts, 0 third-party)
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- What it is Framework repo
- What it does & what's distinct Reverse proxy and management layer for MCP servers on Kubernetes, providing session-awar… repo
- Claims / benefits MCP Gateway is a reverse proxy and management layer for MCP servers, enabling scalable, … repo
- Created 2025-05-14 repo
- Latest release last commit 2026-10-27 repo
- License MIT repo
- GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/mcp-gateway (899★) repo
- Mindshare 899 GitHub stars repo
- Project & sources https://github.com/microsoft/mcp-gateway repo
- licensing-bucket open-source repo
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup agent-infra repo
- sdk-languages csharp repo
- protocol-support mcp-client,mcp-server repo
What changed
Changes to this record's lifecycle, licence, release, pricing and hosting facts, from the catalog's git history. Subscribe (Atom)
- 2026-10-30 Added to the catalog #347
Related systems
References (1)
- Model Context Protocol (MCP spec) integrates with — Microsoft MCP Gateway README: reverse proxy and management layer for Model Context Protocol servers. (verified 2026-10-29)