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Rust-based MCP Gateway offers self-hosted AI tool security

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A developer has created an open-source, self-hosted reverse proxy called MCP Gateway using Rust. This tool addresses the lack of authentication, rate limiting, and observability in existing AI tools that connect to MCP servers. MCP Gateway provides routing, API key management, rate limiting, request logging, and usage tracking for services like Claude and Cursor. AI

IMPACT Enhances security and control for developers integrating AI models with MCP-based services.

RANK_REASON Developer created an open-source tool to add security and observability to AI tools connecting to MCP servers.

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Rust-based MCP Gateway offers self-hosted AI tool security

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Zayd Mulani ·

    I built a self-hosted reverse proxy for MCP servers in Rust

    <h2> The problem </h2> <p>Every AI tool that talks to MCP servers (Claude, Cursor, etc.) <br /> connects directly — no auth, no rate limiting, no observability. <br /> You have no idea what's hitting your servers or how often.</p> <h2> What I built </h2> <p>MCP Gateway sits in fr…

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