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24 alternatives to HasMCP

No-code GUI MCP Server Framework with built-in Auth & Logs

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier.

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    mcp-usefree tier, from $25/mo▲581

    Hi HN, Luigi here. We maintain mcp-use an open-source TypeScript framework for building MCP servers and MCP Apps: https://github.com/mcp-use/mcp-use MCP is now (finally) stateless so we rewrote mcp-use v2 from scratch for the 2026-07-28 MCP spec revision: https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2026-07-28/ Thanks to the rebuild: - Throughput: +27% → from 8,615 to 10,982 median ops/sec - Cold launch: 2.2x faster → from 151.6 ms to 68.1 ms - Clean install: 82% smaller → from 404.6 MiB to 74.4 MiB Benchmark with methodology here:…

    2025 · manufact.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi! After learning about MCP, I'm really excited about the future of provider-agnostic, re-usable tooling. Unfortunately I've found that while it's easy to implement an MCP server for use with tools that support it (such as Claude Desktop), it's not as easy to implement your own support (such as integrating an MCP server into your own LLM application). We implemented a thin MCP wrapper that easily integrates with Mirascope calls so that you can hook up an MCP server and client super easily to any supported LLM provider. Excited to see what people build with this!

    2025 · mirascope.com · its alternatives →

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    This is an open‑source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives any LLM a sense of the passage of time. Most MCP demos wire LLMs to external data stores. That’s useful, but MCP is also a chance to give models perception — extra senses beyond the prompt text. Six functions (`current_datetime`, `time_difference`, `timestamp_context`, etc.) give Claude&#x2F;GPT real temporal awareness: It can spot pauses, reason about rhythms, and even label a chat’s “three‑act structure”. Runs locally in <60 s (Python) or via a hosted demo. If time works, what else could we surface? - Location &#x2F;…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Skip migration and launch MCP with built-in Auth

    Nov 2025 · arcade.dev · its alternatives →

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    xmcp▲331

    The framework for building & shipping MCP applications

    2025 · xmcp.dev · its alternatives →

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    NitroStackfree tier, from $30/mo▲240

    Build, test, and deploy MCP servers in one place

    14d ago · nitrostack.ai · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I built pg-mcp, a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for PostgreSQL that provides structured schema inspection and query execution for LLMs and agents. It's multi-tenant and runs over HTTP&#x2F;SSE (not stdio) Features - Supports multiple database connections from multiple agents - Schema Introspection: Returns table structures, types, indexes and constraints; enriched with descriptions from pg_catalog. (for well documented databases) - Read-Only Queries: Controlled execution of queries via MCP. - EXPLAIN Tool: Helps smart agents optimize queries before execution. - Extension…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I built a custom MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects Blender to LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, and any other llm supporting tool calling and mcps, enabling the AI to understand and control 3D scenes using natural language. You can describe an entire environment like: > “Create a small village with 5 huts arranged around a central bonfire, add a river flowing on the left, place a wooden bridge across it, and scatter trees randomly.” And the system parses that, reasons about the scene, and builds it inside Blender — no manual modeling or scripting needed. What it can do: -…

    2025 · blender-mcp-psi.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Deploy Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with ease. Scale your AI models seamlessly with our cutting-edge platform.

    2025 · mcp-cloud.ai · its alternatives →

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    Turn any API documentation into a simple hosted MCP server.

    2025 · docs2mcp.com · its alternatives →

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    Turn any API into an MCP server for AI agents

    Jun 2026 · apitomcp.ai · its alternatives →

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    N8N2MCP▲137

    Turn your N8N workflow to MCP servers with just 3 clicks

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Free MCP for security AI: live BGP, DNS, threat graph

    May 2026 · whisper.security · its alternatives →

  14. 14OS

    Large Language Models (LLMs) are powerful, but they’re limited by fixed context windows and outdated knowledge. What if your AI could access live search, structured data extraction, OCR, and more—all through a standardized interface? We built the JigsawStack MCP Server, an open-source implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that lets any AI model call external tools effortlessly. Here’s what it unlocks: - Web Search & Scraping: Fetch live information and extract structured data from web pages. - OCR & Structured Data Extraction: Process images, receipts, invoices, and handwritten…

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    MCP Playground is a Postman-style tool for MCP — inspect servers, execute tools live, test your client, all from the browser. Four things in one place: 1. Free hosted MCP servers — four public test servers anyone can point their client at: Echo (connectivity), Auth (Bearer token flow), Error (error handling), Complex (multi-tool schemas).No sign-up, just use the URL. 2. Server inspector — paste any remote MCP server URL, see all its tools&#x2F;resources&#x2F;prompts, execute them live, inspect the full JSON-RPC log. HTTP, SSE, and WebSocket all supported. 3. Registry — 10,000+ servers…

    Nov 2025 · mcpplayground.io · its alternatives →

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    A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementing the latest specification. - hemanth/paws-on-mcp

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I built ContextGuard after discovering that 43% of MCP servers have critical security vulnerabilities. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the new standard that lets Claude Clients(Desktop, Windsurf, Cursor, etc.) access external tools and data sources - think of it as a plugin system for AI assistants. The problem: When you give those clients access to your filesystem, databases, or APIs through MCP servers, you're opening up serious attack vectors. Prompt injection, data leakage, and path traversal attacks are all possible. Most developers building MCP servers don't have security expertise,…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Read this article by Cloudflare this morning https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.cloudflare.com&#x2F;code-mode&#x2F; the main argument being that LLMs are much better at writing typescript code than tool calls because they've seen typescript code many more times. HN Discussion: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=45399204 https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=45386248 Deno provides a great sandbox environment for Typescript code execution because of its permissions system which made it easy to spin up code that only has access to fetch and network calls. Stick an MCP proxy…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Build powerful MCP servers with modern development tools

    2025 · dynemcp.pages.dev · its alternatives →

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    Hey folks! I just launched https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mcphost.link&#x2F; a web-based MCP host that lets you connect to multiple remote MCP servers and interact with them through a simple chat interface. Key Features Multi-server support: connect to several MCP servers at once OAuth 2.0 & Bearer Token auth (with PKCE) Persistent sessions: servers + credentials saved locally Full MCP features: tools, resources, prompts LLM support: bring your own inference backend The goal is to make exploring and working with the Model Context Protocol much more approachable. Happy to answer questions, take feedback,…

    Dec 2025 · mcphost.link · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, Sagiv from liblab is here. We've been deep in the world of API tooling for years at liblab, primarily focusing on generating SDKs and documentation from OpenAPI specs. Recently, we kept running into a recurring frustration: connecting AI tools to existing APIs is way more complex than it should be. You start with a simple goal – let an LLM talk to your API – and suddenly you're neck-deep in spinning up infrastructure, wrestling with authentication, and writing a ton of custom glue code just to translate natural language into structured API calls. Then you have to maintain it all. To…

    2025 · mcp.liblab.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate MCP servers from OpenAPI specification files

    2025 · spectomcp.updab.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I spent my xmas break building an agent framework called mcp-agent [1](https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;lastmile-ai&#x2F;mcp-agent) for Model Context Protocol [2]. It makes it easy to build AI apps with MCP servers, and implements every pattern from the popular Building Effective Agents blog [3] as well as OpenAI’s Swarm [4]. I’m sharing it early to get community feedback on where to take it from here, and to ask for contributions. For those who aren’t familiar with MCP, I think of it as a standardized interface to let AI communicate with software via tool calls, resources and…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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