MCPHub: The Unified Hub for Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers

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MCPHub makes it easy to manage and scale multiple MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers by organizing them into flexible Streamable HTTP (SSE) endpoints—supporting access to all servers, individual servers, or logical server groups.

🌐 Live Demo & Docs

• Documentation: docs.mcphub.app
• Demo Environment: demo.mcphub.app

🚀 Features

• Centralized Management - Monitor and control all MCP servers from a unified dashboard
• Flexible Routing - Access all servers, specific groups, or individual servers via HTTP/SSE
• Granular Group Visibility - Control Tool, Prompt, and Resource visibility independently for each server inside a group
• Smart Routing - AI-powered tool discovery using vector semantic search (Learn more)
• MCP Apps Proxy - Transparently forward interactive MCP Apps on single-server routes (Learn more)
• Tool Result Compression - Transparently reduce large text tool outputs before they reach clients
• Hot-Swappable Config - Add, remove, or update servers without downtime
• OAuth 2.0 Support - Both client and server modes for secure authentication (Learn more)
• Social Login - Seamless GitHub and Google login support with Better Auth integration (requires Database Mode)
• Database Mode - Store configuration in PostgreSQL for production environments (Learn more)
• Docker-Ready - Deploy instantly with containerized setup

📚 Documentation

🧑‍💻 Local Development

git clone https://github.com/samanhappy/mcphub.git
cd mcphub
pnpm install
pnpm dev

Local development uses admin / admin123 and stores its writable settings copy at data/mcp_settings.dev.json, so the repository mcp_settings.json stays credential-free.

For Windows users, start backend and frontend separately: pnpm backend:dev, pnpm frontend:dev

📖 See Development Guide for detailed setup instructions.

🔍 Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express, TypeScript (ESM)
• Frontend: React, Vite, Tailwind CSS
• Storage: file-based mcp_settings.json by default; PostgreSQL via TypeORM with pgvector for Smart Routing
• Auth: JWT + bcrypt for local accounts; bearer keys; built-in OAuth 2.0 server (@node-oauth/oauth2-server); optional Better Auth for GitHub/Google login
• Protocol: Model Context Protocol SDK

👥 Contributing

Contributions welcome! See our Discord community for discussions and support.

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📄 License

Licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.

🔧 Quick Start

Configuration

Create a mcp_settings.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "time-mcp"]
    },
    "fetch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-fetch"]
    }
  }
}

📖 See Configuration Guide for full options including OAuth, environment variables, and more.

Docker Deployment

# Run with custom config (recommended)
docker run -p 3000:3000 -v ./mcp_settings.json:/app/mcp_settings.json -v ./data:/app/data samanhappy/mcphub

# Or run with default settings (also mount ./data so credentials and state survive restarts)
docker run -p 3000:3000 -v ./data:/app/data samanhappy/mcphub

Two image variants are published under samanhappy/mcphub:

• latest — the default image. Includes Node.js/pnpm, Python, uv/uvx, Git, and build tools. Covers most MCP servers.
• latest-full — the extended image. Adds Rust toolchain (Cargo/rustc), Docker Engine, and Playwright browsers (Chrome + Firefox, amd64 only). Use this for Rust-based servers or container-in-container workflows. Larger download.

See Docker Setup for build options and Docker-in-Docker configuration.

Access Dashboard

Open http://localhost:3000 and log in with username admin. On first launch, if no ADMIN_PASSWORD environment variable is set, a random password is generated and printed to the server logs. You can also pre-set the password:

# Docker: set admin password via environment variable
docker run -p 3000:3000 -e ADMIN_PASSWORD=your-secure-password samanhappy/mcphub

Tip: Change the admin password after first login for security.

Headless mode: Set DISABLE_WEB=true to skip serving the bundled dashboard UI and run MCPHub with only the backend/API and MCP endpoints. This is useful when you want to manage servers directly from mcp_settings.json.

Connect AI Clients

Connect AI clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.) via:

http://localhost:3000/mcp           # All servers
http://localhost:3000/mcp/{group}   # Specific group
http://localhost:3000/mcp/{server}  # Specific server
http://localhost:3000/mcp/$smart    # Smart routing
http://localhost:3000/mcp/$smart/{group}  # Smart routing within group

Security note: MCP endpoints require authentication by default to prevent accidental exposure. To allow unauthenticated MCP access, disable Enable Bearer Authentication in the Keys section. Skip Authentication only affects dashboard login. Use only in trusted environments.

📖 See API Reference for detailed endpoint documentation.

Manage From the Terminal

The same mcphub binary doubles as a CLI for the running hub — no extra install needed.

mcphub login --url http://localhost:3000 --username admin
mcphub servers list
mcphub servers add fetch --type stdio --command uvx --arg mcp-server-fetch
mcphub tools list                              # discover what tools are available
mcphub tools get fetch_url                     # see required params + sample command
mcphub call fetch_url url=https://example.com --json
mcphub keys create --name ci --access-type all

It also speaks the public marketplace API (mcphub discover, mcphub install ...) so server lookup and one-command install work against any hub with discovery enabled.

📖 See CLI Guide for every subcommand, profiles, and CI usage.