Alternatives to MCP Registry

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Smithery

45/100freeexplicit relation

Smithery is a free public directory of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, owned by Arcade.dev since August 2026. Since October 31, 2026 it no longer hosts or proxies servers: its hosted server URLs, API, Connect, Toolbox, accounts, API keys, CLI and SDKs were shut down, and verified listings now point to each vendor's own MCP URL.

Smithery is free to browse as a public MCP server directory. Its paid plans ended on October 31, 2026, when hosting and connection management shut down; subscribers were refunded for charges since August 5, 2026.Review →

Glama

freemiumexplicit relation

AI gateway and model management platform that provides a unified API for accessing multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, and more) through a single endpoint. Features model routing, cost tracking, usage analytics, rate limiting, and API key management across providers. Simplifies multi-provider AI integration by handling authentication, billing, and failover in one place. Useful for teams evaluating multiple models or building provider-agnostic AI applications.

Freemium MCP discovery, browser-based inspection, and managed hosting platform. Free tier ($0) provides registry browsing, browser-based MCP Inspector sandboxing, and free deployment of open-source MCP servers. Starter plan starts at $9–$15/mo ($9 AI credits, 3 fast servers), Pro tier at $26–$49/mo ($26 AI credits, 10 fast servers, persistent storage), and Business at $80/mo (30 fast servers, 180-day log retention). Additional servers available at $2–$4/server/mo.

Free MCP Registry alternatives

Smithery, Glama offer a free plan or free tier.

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MCP InspectorMCP Inspector is the official interactive developer tool from the Model Context Protocol team for testing, debugging, and validating MCP servers. It provides a visual interface to inspect available tools, test transport configurations, export configs for different clients, and verify protocol compliance during MCP server development.MCP-ScanMCP-Scan is a security tool that scans MCP servers for vulnerabilities including tool poisoning, prompt injection, cross-origin escalation, and rug pull attacks. Acquired by Snyk in 2026, it is the first dedicated security scanner for the MCP ecosystem. It analyzes tool descriptions, permissions, and behavior patterns to detect malicious or compromised MCP servers before they can exploit AI agents.GitHub MCP ServerGitHub MCP Server is the official Model Context Protocol server from GitHub that connects AI assistants to repositories, issues, pull requests, workflows, and code search. It exposes 100+ operations with toolset filtering, permission scoping, and audit logging, available in both remote-hosted and self-hosted Docker deployment modes.Context7Context7 is an MCP server developed by Upstash that injects up-to-date, version-specific documentation directly into AI code editors and coding assistants. By typing 'use context7' in prompts, developers get accurate library documentation instead of hallucinated or outdated API references. It pulls from official source documentation and serves it through the Model Context Protocol, solving the common problem of LLMs generating code with incorrect or nonexistent API calls.chrome-devtools-mcpchrome-devtools-mcp is the Chrome DevTools team's official MCP server that lets coding agents control and inspect a live Chrome browser with first-party Chrome DevTools Protocol fidelity. It exposes Network inspection, Performance traces, Lighthouse audits, console output, and structured DOM snapshots as typed MCP tools, so agents can debug real pages and ship reliable web performance investigations without resorting to brittle DOM scraping.Docker MCP GatewayDocker MCP Gateway is Docker's open-source orchestration layer for Model Context Protocol servers. It gives MCP clients one gateway, launches catalog servers in isolated containers on demand, injects credentials, applies runtime restrictions, and routes tool requests. Catalogs and profiles let teams reuse approved server collections across clients, while Docker Desktop can run the gateway automatically with MCP Toolkit enabled.FastMCPFastMCP is an Apache-2.0 Python framework for building MCP servers, clients, and apps with decorators, type hints, transports, auth patterns, deployment docs, and telemetry hooks. The project now resolves to PrefectHQ/fastmcp, with Prefect Horizon available as a separate enterprise MCP gateway for identity, RBAC, audit, monitoring, and server governance.SupermemorySupermemory is a memory and context platform for AI assistants and agents. It ranks #1 on LongMemEval, LoCoMo, and ConvoMem, supports MCP for Claude/Cursor-style clients, provides plugins for developer tools, and combines memory extraction, user profiles, hybrid search, connectors, and RAG in one API.SerenaSerena is a free, open-source coding agent toolkit that provides IDE-like semantic code retrieval and editing capabilities to any LLM via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Built on Language Server Protocol (LSP) integration, it enables symbol-level navigation, cross-file refactoring, and relational code understanding across Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, PHP, and more — without requiring file-level reads or text-based search.

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FAQ

Which MCP Registry alternative is listed first?

Smithery is first in the editor-selected list of 2 MCP Registry alternatives and carries an editorial review score of 45/100. The stored order is editorial; review scores do not determine membership or position.

Are there free MCP Registry alternatives?

Yes — Smithery, Glama offer a free plan or free tier.