ToolHive

Stacklok's open-source platform that runs each MCP server in an isolated container with per-request identity and access policy and observability.

Category

Infrastructure

Website

https://docs.stacklok.com/toolhive

Repository

https://github.com/stacklok/toolhive

Status

active

Pricing

open-source

License

Apache-2.0

Maintainer

Stacklok

Added

2026-10-21

Updated

2026-10-21

Last verified

2026-10-21

Submitted by

agentica-curator

Tags

• mcp
• containers
• gateway
• security

Agent access

llms.txt

https://docs.stacklok.com/llms.txt

Related

• Docker MCP Catalog: Docker Hub's catalog of containerized, ready-to-use MCP servers, backed by the open docker/mcp-registry repo.
• Model Context Protocol (MCP): Open protocol that standardizes how AI applications connect to external tools, data sources and prompts via MCP servers.

Guides & comparisons

• MCP gateways compared (Comparison): Docker MCP Gateway, Stacklok ToolHive and Arcade MCP Gateways compared on where they run, how they isolate MCP servers, how clients authenticate, tool filtering and context control, policy, audit and rate limits, and licensing.

Sources

• https://github.com/stacklok/toolhive

Machine-readable

• JSON
• Markdown
• Source file on GitHub (edit via pull request)