Alternatives to MCP Servers Directory

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Smithery

78/100open sourceexplicit relation

Registry and management platform for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that helps teams securely discover, install, deploy, and connect MCP servers for AI assistants. Smithery combines a searchable catalog, CLI setup, hosted deployments, namespaces, connection APIs, and scoped service-token flows for clients such as Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and Codex.

Smithery provides free registry indexing and discovery for self-hosted MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers. Managed hosting on Smithery infrastructure starts with Hobby at $10/month, Pro at $30/month, and tailored Enterprise plans.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.

mcp.run

open sourcefreemiumexplicit relation

Platform for running MCP servers securely in WebAssembly sandboxes. One-click install for Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients with no Docker required. Simplifies MCP server deployment and management by handling isolation, security, and distribution, making it easy to extend AI assistants with custom tools without infrastructure overhead.

Freemium serverless hosting and execution platform for Model Context Protocol (MCP) WebAssembly (Wasm) servlets. Free tier ($0/mo) allows deploying and running personal MCP servlets with standard execution limits. Pro tier ($10/mo) provides private servlet repositories, higher concurrency, secret management, and custom domain endpoints. Enterprise tier offers custom pricing with dedicated tenancy, VPC peering, enterprise RBAC, and custom SLAs.

Open-source MCP Servers Directory alternatives

Smithery, mcp.run — see all open-source developer tools.

Free MCP Servers Directory alternatives

Glama, mcp.run offer a free plan or free tier.

More MCP Servers tools

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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.MCP RegistryThe official, community-run registry for discovering and publishing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers — an open index that MCP clients read to find available servers.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.

FAQ

Which MCP Servers Directory alternative is listed first?

Smithery is first in the editor-selected list of 3 MCP Servers Directory alternatives and carries an editorial review score of 78/100. The stored order is editorial; review scores do not determine membership or position.

Are there open-source MCP Servers Directory alternatives?

Yes — Smithery, mcp.run are open source.

Are there free MCP Servers Directory alternatives?

Yes — Glama, mcp.run offer a free plan or free tier.