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mcp-proxy mcp-proxy About stdio to SSE/StreamableHTTP 1.1 Configuration 1.2 Example usage SSE to stdio 2.1 Configuration 2.2 Example usage Named Servers Installation Installing via PyPI Installing via Github repository (latest) Installing as container Troubleshooting Extending the container image Docker Compose Setup Command line arguments Example config file Testing About The is a tool that lets you switch between server transports. There are two supported modes: stdio to SSE/StreamableHTTP SSE to stdio stdio to SSE/StreamableHTTP Run a proxy server from stdio that connects to
uv tool install mcp-proxy
pipx install mcp-proxyTaken from the project's README on GitHub. Check the security audit before running it.
No red flags found in any of the 11 categories — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →
| Stars | 2,778 |
| Forks | 268 |
| Language | Python |
| Category | MCP Server |
| License | MIT |
| Quality Score | 70.3804511728309/100 |
| Open Issues | 52 |
| Last Updated | 2026-10-10 |
| Created | 2024-12-26 |
| Platforms | docker, mcp, python |
| Est. Tokens | ~18k |
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mcp-proxy is A bridge between Streamable HTTP and stdio MCP transports. It is categorized as a MCP Server with 2.8k GitHub stars.
mcp-proxy is primarily written in Python. It covers topics such as mcp, mcp-server, proxy.
The README on GitHub (github.com/sparfenyuk/mcp-proxy) gives: uv tool install mcp-proxy , then pipx install mcp-proxy. Usage details are in the same README.
mcp-proxy is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.
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The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.
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