Context Forge Review — Self-Hosted AI Tool
Our review of Context Forge — features, strengths, and trade-offs.
Context Forge is an open-source AI Gateway built by IBM that sits in front of any MCP (Model Context Protocol), A2A (Agent-to-Agent), or REST/gRPC APIs. It exposes a unified endpoint with centralized discovery, guardrails, and management capabilities. The platform optimizes Agent and Tool calling, supports plugins, and provides enterprise-grade observability, authentication, and rate limiting. Deploy via Docker, Kubernetes, or as a Python package with FastAPI backend.