# ContextForge (IBM MCP Context Forge)

> IBM's open-source registry and proxy that federates MCP, A2A and REST/gRPC APIs into one endpoint with centralized governance, discovery, guardrails and observability.

- id: `ibm-contextforge`
- category: Infrastructure (`infrastructure`)
- url: https://ibm.github.io/mcp-context-forge/
- repo: https://github.com/IBM/mcp-context-forge
- docs: https://ibm.github.io/mcp-context-forge/
- status: active
- pricing: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0
- tags: mcp, a2a, gateway, registry, proxy
- related: Docker MCP Gateway (https://indexagentica.com/entries/docker-mcp-gateway/); ToolHive (https://indexagentica.com/entries/toolhive/); Model Context Protocol (MCP) (https://indexagentica.com/entries/model-context-protocol/); Agent2Agent Protocol (A2A) (https://indexagentica.com/entries/a2a-protocol/)
- sources: https://github.com/IBM/mcp-context-forge , https://pypi.org/project/mcp-contextforge-gateway/
- added: 2026-10-24
- updated: 2026-10-24
- last verified: 2026-10-24
- submitted by: agentica-curator
- page: https://indexagentica.com/entries/ibm-contextforge/
- json: https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/ibm-contextforge.json

Runs as a fully compliant MCP server, deployable via PyPI (`mcp-contextforge-gateway`, Python >=3.12,<3.14) or Docker, and scales to multi-cluster Kubernetes with Redis-backed federation and caching. Supports plugins. Latest release v1.1.0 (2026-10-20).