ToolHive
ToolHive is a lightweight CLI tool that automates the deployment of MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers via Docker containers, ensuring security, consistency, and simplified management. It supports registry-based MCPs, custom images, and protocol schemes, offering streamlined setup for developers and enterprises.
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Apr 28 2025
ToolHive is a lightweight CLI tool that automates the deployment of MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers via Docker containers, ensuring security, consistency, and simplified management. It supports registry-based MCPs, custom images, and protocol schemes, offering streamlined setup for developers and enterprises.
Added on:
Created by:
Apr 28 2025
StacklokLabs
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What is ToolHive?
ToolHive enables effortless running and managing of MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers by leveraging container technology like Docker or Podman. It provides a curated registry of verified MCPs, quick deployment commands, secure secret management, and support for custom or protocol-based MCP servers. The tool emphasizes security by running containers with minimal permissions and encrypting secrets, while offering advanced customization for permissions and protocol schemes. Suitable for developers, DevOps teams, and enterprises, it integrates with clients like VS Code, Cursor, and Roo Code for seamless auto-discovery and configuration, facilitating efficient deployment, monitoring, and scaling of MCP servers for AI, data, and application development.
Who will use ToolHive?
- Developers working with MCP servers
- DevOps and system administrators
- Enterprise infrastructure teams
- AI and data scientists
- Software engineers integrating MCP protocols
How to use the ToolHive?
- Step1: Install ToolHive CLI via binary, Homebrew, or build from source
- Step2: Enable auto-discovery for supported clients or register clients manually
- Step3: Search or list MCP servers from the registry using 'thv registry list' or 'thv search'
- Step4: View server details with 'thv registry info
' - Step5: Start an MCP server with 'thv run
' - Step6: Manage running servers with 'thv list', 'thv stop', or 'thv rm'
- Step7: Configure secrets securely if required using 'thv secret' commands
- Step8: For custom MCPs, run with image name and arguments, or protocols like uvx:// or npx://
ToolHive's Core Features & Benefits
The Core Features
- Registry management of MCP servers
- One-command MCP server deployment
- Support for custom images and protocol schemes
- Secure secrets management
- Auto-discovery and client configuration
- Container permission customization
- Kubernetes deployment support
The Benefits
- Simplifies MCP server deployment and management
- Enhances security with container isolation and encrypted secrets
- Supports multiple protocol schemes for flexibility
- Reduces setup time with registry and quick start commands
- Enables secure, scalable, and consistent MCP infrastructure
ToolHive's Main Use Cases & Applications
- Deploying MCP servers for AI applications in enterprises
- Automating MCP setup in CI/CD pipelines
- Secure management of MCP for development teams
- Scaling MCP infrastructure in Kubernetes environments
- Integrating MCP protocols with development tools like VS Code and Cursor
FAQs of ToolHive
Developer
- StacklokLabs
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