toolhive

Name: toolhive Review
Item: toolhive
Rating: 3.8
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Development Solid

Works inClaude Code

Solid Scanned — metadata only

Standardizes MCP server deployment and lifecycle management across teams, reducing integration friction and operational overhead when scaling AI-assisted dev…

ToolHive is an enterprise-grade platform for running and managing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Manage multiple MCP servers across your engineering infrastructure at scale
Automate deployment and lifecycle management of AI model context protocol servers
Monitor and orchestrate MCP server instances across distributed development environments

1,966 starsApache-2.0 (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Why it matters

Standardizes MCP server deployment and lifecycle management across teams, reducing integration friction and operational overhead when scaling AI-assisted development workflows.

Best for

Engineering teams deploying multiple MCP servers in production environments requiring centralized visibility and governance.

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Source

https://github.com/stacklok/toolhive

By stacklok

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

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Command

claude plugins install stacklok/toolhive

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First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me manage multiple MCP servers across my engineering infrastructure at scale

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars1,966Last updated2026-07-23LicenseApache-2.0 (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-07-23 · scanner v1

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3 mentions across 1 sources

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 1,966 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license Apache-2.0.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

4/5

Versatility

5/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score3.85 / 5.00 SolidEvaluatedJul 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 1,966 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license Apache-2.0.

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