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The mcp-context-forge MCP server was last committed 6mo ago and has 139 contributors. Issue health: 56% of issues resolved. AgentRank freshness score reflects real-time maintenance activity.

mcp-context-forge MCP Server

IBM/mcp-context-forge

Score: 78.6 ↓ 2% Rank #46 LLM Client

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An AI Gateway, registry, and proxy that sits in front of any MCP, A2A, or REST/gRPC APIs, exposing a unified endpoint with centralized discovery, guardrails and management. Optimizes Agent & Tool calling, and supports plugins.

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Overview

IBM/mcp-context-forge is a Python agent tool licensed under Apache-2.0. An AI Gateway, registry, and proxy that sits in front of any MCP, A2A, or REST/gRPC APIs, exposing a unified endpoint with centralized discovery, guardrails and management. Optimizes Agent & Tool calling, and supports plugins.

Ranked #46 out of 25022 indexed tools.

In the top 1% of all indexed tools.

Has 3,403 GitHub stars.

Has 139 contributors.

Ecosystem

Python Apache-2.0

Score Breakdown

Stars 15% 3,403

3,403 stars → well-known project

Freshness 25% 6mo ago

Last commit 6mo ago → stale

Issue Health 25% 56%

1063/1911 issues closed → decent issue management

Contributors 10% 139

139 contributors → active community

Dependents 25% 0

No dependents → no downstream usage

npm Downloads N/A

PyPI Downloads N/A

Forks 570

Description Detailed

License Apache-2.0

Weights: Freshness 25% · Issue Health 25% · Dependents 25% · Stars 15% · Contributors 10% · How we score →

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Freshness high impact

Last commit was 184 days ago — a recent commit would boost your freshness score

Dependents medium impact

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Details

Stars: 3,403
Forks: 570
Open Issues: 848
Closed Issues: 1,063
Contributors: 139
Dependents: —
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
Last Commit: 6mo ago

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