Side-by-Side Comparison
relay vs mcp-gateway
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● AgentWorkforce/relay (857)
● microsoft/mcp-gateway (856)
☆ 857relay stars
☆ 856mcp-gateway stars
+1Difference
relayStar Leader (1.0x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
relay Leads
+1 stars (1.0x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
mcp-gateway Leads
93 total community forks
Recent Maintenance
mcp-gateway
Pushed 1d ago
Licensing
Different
relay: Apache-2.0 vs mcp-gateway: MIT
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | AgentWorkforce/relay ↗ | microsoft/mcp-gateway ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Infrastructure for coding agents | MCP Gateway is a reverse proxy and management layer for MCP servers, enabling scalable, session-aware stateful routing and lifecycle management of MCP servers in Kubernetes environments. |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 857 | ☆ 856 |
| Forks | 69 | 93 |
| Open Issues | 315 | 15 |
| Main Language | TypeScript | C# |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last Push | Oct 1, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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