MCP server starters · Rank #73
metamcp
Grade C: derived only from the two verdicts below. How grades work
MCP Aggregator, Orchestrator, Middleware, Gateway in one docker
Why this verdict
How we check →- No commits in 90 days; last commit 118 days ago. receipt ↗
- Latest release v2.4.22, 303 days ago. receipt ↗
- Drizzle 0.44.2 declared; latest is 0.45.4 (0.x releases can break). receipt ↗
- Next.js 15 declared; latest is 16 (1 major behind). receipt ↗
- On current major: Better Auth, Express, React, Tailwind CSS, tRPC, Zod. receipt ↗
- Not counted in verdict: TypeScript 5 → 7. receipt ↗
Snapshot: commit ff4ff2d on ai-dev, checked 2026-10-19 06:17 UTC. Receipts link to files at this exact commit.
Dependency freshness
| Package | Declared | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| TypeScript typescript | 5.9.3 | 7.0.2 | Behind, not counted |
| Drizzle drizzle-orm | 0.44.2 | 0.45.4 | 1 major behind |
| Next.js next | 15.5.12 | 16.4.2 | 1 major behind |
| Better Auth better-auth | 1.4.18 | 1.7.11 | Current |
| Express express | 5.2.1 | 5.3.0 | Current |
| React react | 19.1.2 | 19.3.1 | Current |
| Tailwind CSS tailwindcss | 4.1.18 | 4.3.3 | Current |
| tRPC @trpc/server | 11.4.1 | 11.19.0 | Current |
| Zod zod | 4.4.3 | 4.6.7 | Current |
Declared = lowest version the kit's dependency file (package.json, pyproject.toml or requirements.txt) allows. Latest = the npm "latest" tag or the newest PyPI release. TypeScript, the Stripe SDK, FastAPI and other 0.x packages are shown but not counted in the verdict.
What's in the stack
- Auth
- Better Auth
- Database / ORM
- Drizzle, node-postgres
- API layer
- tRPC, TanStack Query
- Testing
- Vitest
Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.
What the README says you get
- APISSE and Streamable HTTP
Host through SSE or Streamable HTTP transports
- APIOpenAPI endpoints
OpenAPI endpoints for clients like Open WebUI
- AuthAPI key authentication
Choose between API-Key Auth (in header or query param)
- AuthOAuth support
standard OAuth in MCP Spec 2025-06-18
- OtherMCP server aggregation
dynamically aggregate MCP servers into a unified MCP server
- OtherNamespace grouping
Group one or more MCP servers into a namespace
- OtherEndpoint assignment
Create endpoints and assign namespace to endpoints
- OtherTool filtering middleware
Filter inactive tools - optimizes tool context for LLMs
- OtherMCP inspector
Similar to the official MCP inspector, but with saved server configs
- OtherTool annotations
provide a JSON blob with namespace-specific annotations
- OtherIdle session pre-allocation
pre-allocate idle sessions for each configured MCP servers
Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (deepseek-flash) on Sep 29, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote; 3 unverifiable items were discarded. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.
Watch metamcp
Get told if it goes dormant, gets archived, falls further behind on a core dependency, or changes its license or price.
History
Sep 29, 2026 → Oct 19, 2026. One square per check, colored by maintenance status. Hover for details.
Show as a table
| Date | Maintenance | Dependencies | Commits (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Slowing | 1 major behind | 0 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Slowing | 1 major behind | 0 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Slowing | 1 major behind | 0 |
Sources
Every claim on this page comes from these public records, checked . Open them to verify.
- Commit history ↗ default branch (ai-dev) at the checked commit: pulse, contributors, last commit
- Releases ↗ latest release
- package.json ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit ff4ff2d)
- apps/backend/package.json ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit ff4ff2d)
- apps/frontend/package.json ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit ff4ff2d)
- packages/eslint-config/package.json ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit ff4ff2d)
- packages/trpc/package.json ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit ff4ff2d)
- packages/typescript-config/package.json ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit ff4ff2d)
- README ↗ quoted features at the checked commit
- npm registry ↗ latest versions (each linked in the table above)