enkryptai/secure-mcp-gateway

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Secure MCP Gateway - Setup Admin level gateway functionality for MCP servers - with guardrails at each MCP server to overcome multiple security issues with using MCPs

What's novel

Secure MCP Gateway - Setup Admin level gateway functionality for MCP servers - with guardrails at each MCP server to overcome multiple security issues with using MCPs

Code Analysis

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A hybrid stateless/stateful gateway that manages MCP server connections via a JSON config file and an in-memory Redis/SQLite store for dynamic user sessions and API keys.

Strengths

The project demonstrates a pragmatic approach to managing complex MCP ecosystems by separating static configuration from dynamic state, ensuring data persistence without over-engineering. The hybrid lookup pattern (config + cache) is an effective solution for balancing performance with the need for manual config management.

Weaknesses

Lacks comprehensive test coverage and relies heavily on external dependencies (Redis/SQLite) which adds operational complexity. Error handling is functional but could be more robust against edge cases like network failures or race conditions in the state store.

Score Breakdown

Innovation

6 (25%)

Craft

81 (35%)

Traction

39 (15%)

Scope

83 (25%)

Signal breakdown

Innovation

Not Fork+1

Code Novelty+1

Concept Novelty+2

Craft

Ci+5

Tests+8

Polish+2

Releases+5

Has License+5

Code Quality+19

Readme Quality+15

Recent Activity+7

Structure Quality+5

Commit Consistency+5

Has Dependency Mgmt+5

Traction

Forks+12

Stars+20

Hn Points+0

Watchers+3

Early Traction+0

Devto Reactions+0

Community Contribs+4

Scope

Commits+8

Languages+8

Subsystems+13

Bloat Penalty+0

Completeness+7

Contributors+7

Authored Files+15

Readme Code Match+3

Architecture Depth+7

Implementation Depth+8

Evidence

Commits

Contributors

Files

338

Active weeks

TestsCI/CDREADMELicenseContributing

Repository

Language

Python

Stars

Forks

License

Apache-2.0