AI agent tools for gateway
Short answer: Our top pick for gateway: bifrost, with the highest AgentPick Score (82/100) among tools tagged "gateway". Runners-up: mcp-context-forge (77) and alphaclaw (68). Compare what each does, its license and how recently it was updated below.
| # | Tool | What it does | Score | Stars | License | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | bifrost | Open-source, high-performance AI gateway that works as your LLM gateway, MCP gateway and agent gateway. One OpenAI-compatible API for 10,000+ models, … | 82/100 | ★ 8.8k | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #2 | mcp-context-forge | An AI Gateway, registry, and proxy that sits in front of any MCP, A2A, or REST/gRPC APIs, exposing a unified endpoint with centralized discovery, guar… | 77/100 | ★ 4.6k | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #3 | alphaclaw | The ultimate setup harness for OpenClaw. Deploy in minutes. Stay running for months. No CLI required. | 68/100 | ★ 1.5k | MIT | 13 Oct 2026 |
| #4 | toolport | Local-first MCP gateway. One port for every tool and every AI client: lazy discovery (~90% token savings), tool integrity + quarantine, secrets in the… | 64/100 | ★ 228 | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #5 | agentcore-samples | Amazon Bedrock Agentcore accelerates AI agents into production with the scale, reliability, and security, critical to real-world deployment. | 53/100 | ★ 3.5k | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #6 | gateway | A blazing fast AI Gateway with integrated guardrails. Route to 1,600+ LLMs, 50+ AI Guardrails with 1 fast & friendly API. | 47/100 | ★ 13k | MIT | 25 May 2026 |
| #7 | mcp-gateway | MCP Gateway is a reverse proxy and management layer for MCP servers, enabling scalable, session-aware stateful routing and lifecycle management of MCP… | 43/100 | ★ 879 | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #8 | mcp-gateway | A plugin-based gateway that orchestrates other MCPs and allows developers to build upon it enterprise-grade agents. | 24/100 | ★ 396 | MIT | 22 Jan 2026 |
Source: each project's public GitHub repository (description, stars, license, last push). Listed tools aren't tested or ranked by AgentPick.
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- Check whether it runs locally or calls a remote service.
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