AI Gateway
FreeNot checkedUnified local MCP AI Gateway that routes across Groq, OpenRouter, Mistral, and local Ollama providers, with OpenAI-compatible APIs, MCP tools, fallback/racing r
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Unified local MCP AI Gateway that routes across Groq, OpenRouter, Mistral, and local Ollama providers, with OpenAI-compatible APIs, MCP tools, fallback/racing router, monitoring, and web dashboard.
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Unified local MCP AI Gateway that routes across Groq, OpenRouter, Mistral, and local Ollama providers, with OpenAI-compatible APIs, MCP tools, fallback/racing router, monitoring, and web dashboard.

🚀 Features
- Async Python gateway with provider abstraction layer
- Built-in providers:
- Groq (
openai/gpt-oss-120bdefault, plusmoonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905) - OpenRouter (
openai/gpt-4o-minidefault) - Mistral (
codestral-latestdefault, plusdevstral-medium-latest) - Ollama
- Groq (
- Intelligent router:
- priority routing
- fallback routing
- parallel racing mode
- rate-limit aware provider scoring
- MCP server capabilities:
- tool registration/discovery
- prompt template discovery/rendering
- schema validation
- SSE and HTTP transport
- OpenAI-compatible API:
POST /v1/chat/completionsPOST /v1/completionsGET /v1/models
- Web UI (React + Vite + Tailwind):
- Dashboard
- Providers
- Models
- Chat
- Logs
- Stats
- Runtime gateway API key generation
- Observability:
- Prometheus metrics (
/metrics) - structured logs
- SQLite request statistics
- Prometheus metrics (
- Extensible plugin system for additional providers
- CLI:
mcp-ai start|stop|status|providers|models - Docker + docker-compose support
- GitHub Actions CI for backend lint/tests and frontend build
🗂️ Repository Structure
mcp-ai-gateway/
api/
providers/
router/
mcp_server/
plugins/
database/
web_ui/
config/
cli/
tests/
Dockerfile
docker-compose.yml
README.md
⚡ Quick Start (Local)
1) 📦 Prerequisites
- Python 3.11+
- Node.js 20+
- Optional: local Ollama daemon at
http://localhost:11434
2) 🐍 Install backend
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -e .[dev]
3) 🔐 Configure environment
cp .env.example .env
# edit .env values
4) ⚙️ Edit config
config/config.yaml controls providers, routing, security, and default models.
5) ▶️ Start backend
uvicorn api.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --reload
6) 🖥️ Start web UI
cd web_ui
npm install
VITE_API_BASE=http://localhost:8000 VITE_API_KEY=change-me npm run dev
🐳 Docker Deployment
docker compose up --build
Services:
- Gateway API: http://localhost:8000
- Web UI: http://localhost:3000
- Redis:
localhost:6379(optional cache/rate-limit backend)
🧩 API Overview
OpenAI-Compatible 🤝
POST /v1/chat/completionsPOST /v1/completionsGET /v1/models
Use header X-API-Key: <key> (or Authorization: Bearer <key>).
MCP Endpoints 🔌
- JSON-RPC MCP transport:
POST /mcp - SSE streaming output:
POST /mcp/stream
Supported MCP methods:
initializenotifications/initializedpingtools/listtools/callprompts/listprompts/get
Dashboard APIs 📊
GET /api/dashboardGET /api/providersPOST /api/providers/{name}/togglePOST /api/providers/{name}/priorityPOST /api/providers/{name}/configGET /api/modelsGET /api/settingsPOST /api/settings/default-modelPOST /api/settings/api-key/generateGET /api/logsGET /api/stats
Monitoring 📈
GET /healthGET /metrics
🛠️ CLI
mcp-ai start
mcp-ai status
mcp-ai providers
mcp-ai models
mcp-ai stop
🧭 Warp MCP Integration
Add this to Warp MCP config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-ai-gateway": {
"url": "http://localhost:8000/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer REPLACE_WITH_MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}
🧱 Configuration Example
providers:
groq:
enabled: true
api_key: ${GROQ_API_KEY}
priority: 1
default_model: openai/gpt-oss-120b
mistral:
enabled: false
api_key: ${MISTRAL_API_KEY}
priority: 12
default_model: codestral-latest
openrouter:
enabled: true
priority: 2
default_model: openai/gpt-4o-mini
ollama:
enabled: true
priority: 3
routing:
fallback_enabled: true
racing_mode: false
🧪 Plugin Providers
New providers can be added under plugins/ by implementing ProviderPlugin and enabling provider config in config/config.yaml.
Included plugin examples:
openai_provider.pytogether_provider.pyopenrouter_provider.py
✅ Testing
pytest
CI runs on pushes and pull requests to main via .github/workflows/ci.yml:
- Backend job:
ruff check .andpytest -q - Frontend job:
npm installandnpm run buildinweb_ui/
🔄 Release Workflow
- Open PR from
dev/*branch tomain - Ensure CI is green
- Merge using GitHub CLI or GitHub UI
📚 Developer Guide
Detailed guide: docs/developer-guide.md
Installing AI Gateway
This server has no published package — it is built from source. Open the repository and follow its README.
▸ github.com/YoushaaMurhij/MCP-AI-GatewayFAQ
Is AI Gateway MCP free?
Yes, AI Gateway MCP is free — one-click install via Unyly at no cost.
Does AI Gateway need an API key?
No, AI Gateway runs without API keys or environment variables.
Is AI Gateway hosted or self-hosted?
Self-hosted: the server runs locally on your machine via the install command above.
How do I install AI Gateway in Claude Desktop, Claude Code or Cursor?
Open AI Gateway on unyly.org, pick your client tab (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor) and press Install — the config is generated automatically, no JSON editing.
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