What mcp-proxy does
Bridges Streamable HTTP and stdio MCP transports.
Why teams reach for it: Switches between MCP server transports, bridging stdio and SSE/StreamableHTTP.
Worth knowing
It speaks SSE, Streamable HTTP to clients, can host stdio servers remotely.
How mcp-proxy compares
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- Transports Client Facing
- SSE, Streamable HTTP
- Transports Server Facing
- SSE, Streamable HTTP
- Server Aggregation
- No
- Hosts Stdio Servers Remotely
- Yes
- Terminates Auth
- Delegates to external IdP
- Tool Filtering
- No
- Agent Identity
- No
- Policy Enforcement
- None
- Telemetry Output
- None
- Also Proxies
- LLM inference, A2A, REST, gRPC
- Deploy Targets
- Docker
- Self Hostable
- Yes
How will you route, mediate, and control traffic?
A gateway or proxy sits between clients and MCP servers to route traffic or add a control layer, without changing the servers themselves.