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toolhive

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by stacklok

Overview

ToolHive simplifies and secures the deployment, management, and orchestration of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, integrating them with AI clients and providing features like authentication, authorization, and observability.

Installation

Run Command
thv run ghcr.io/stacklok/mcp-fetch-server:latest

Environment Variables

  • VMCP_CLIENT_SECRET
  • GITHUB_EXCHANGE_SECRET
  • JIRA_EXCHANGE_SECRET
  • SLACK_BOT_TOKEN
  • TOOLHIVE_SECRET_<secret_name>
  • TOOLHIVE_PODMAN_SOCKET
  • TOOLHIVE_COLIMA_SOCKET
  • TOOLHIVE_DOCKER_SOCKET

Security Notes

ToolHive demonstrates a strong commitment to security through container-based isolation, OIDC/OAuth2 authentication, Cedar policy-based authorization, and secure secret management (e.g., Kubernetes SecretKeyRef, TOOLHIVE_SECRET_ environment variable prefix). It explicitly avoids sensitive data in error messages and includes proposals like `.thvignore` for secure volume mounts. The architecture for Virtual MCP servers includes a zero-trust model with distinct authentication boundaries and per-backend token exchange to minimize blast radius. No 'eval' or obvious malicious patterns were found.

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Stats

Interest Score100
Security Score9
Cost ClassLow
Avg Tokens3
Stars1533
Forks170
Last Update2026-01-19

Tags

MCP Server ManagementKubernetes OperatorAuthenticationAuthorizationWorkflow Orchestration