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.
ContextForge is an open-source gateway and registry that brings MCP, A2A, REST, and gRPC tools, agents, and APIs together behind one endpoint. It helps teams discover, govern, observe, authenticate, and route calls across AI infrastructure. The catalogue add-ons support operating and extending this gateway.
Latest release v1.1.0 — v1.1.0 - Release 2026-10-20 - Modern MCP Protocol, New Redesigned Web UI, Federated Completions, and Catalog Pagination · 20 Oct 2026
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