How do I install mcp-compose?

Its own README gives this command: mcp-compose init. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.

What does mcp-compose connect to, and what does it need?

It reaches brave and oauth. The credentials we found in its source are BRAVE_API_KEY, MCP_API_KEY and OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET.

Is mcp-compose official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 58 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is stale. Its last commit we recorded was on 2025-10-09.

What licence does mcp-compose use?

The repository declares the AGPL-3.0 licence.

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mcp-compose

mcp-compose is an MCP server, listed under search. It reaches brave and oauth. It needs BRAVE_API_KEY, MCP_API_KEY and OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET to authenticate. Its repository has 58 GitHub stars and is licensed under AGPL-3.0; we last read it on 2026-10-22.

Compose, manage, and run MCP servers as Docker containers, integrating a Unified API gateway.

Install

Read from mcp-compose’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.

mcp-compose init

View in mcp-compose’s own README ↗

What it reaches, and what it needs

Reaches

brave, oauth

Credential

BRAVE_API_KEY, MCP_API_KEY, OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET

Maintenance

Stars

State

stale

Licence

AGPL-3.0

From the repository

Compose, manage, and run MCP servers as Docker containers. With a Unified API gateway built in.

View on GitHub ↗2026-10-22

What mcp-compose can do

1 tool documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.

read_file: No description in the README.

Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.

mcp-compose compared with similar servers

mcp-compose compared with the closest alternatives, by services reached, credentials, stars, last update and licence
Server	Reaches	Needs	Stars	Last update	Licence
mcp-compose (this page)	brave, oauth	BRAVE_API_KEY, MCP_API_KEY, OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET	58	2025-10-09	AGPL-3.0
AiCore	brave, claude(1 shared)	BRAVE_API_KEY, CLAUDE_PROXY_TOKEN	27	2026-07-03	Apache-2.0
mcp-web-search-tool	brave(1 shared)	BRAVE_API_KEY	16	2026-10-16	MIT
brave-search-mcp-sse	brave(1 shared)	BRAVE_API_KEY	16	2025-04-24	MIT
mcpcodeserver	brave, github(1 shared)	BRAVE_API_KEY, GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN	14	2025-10-13	MIT
anysearch-mcp-server	anysearch	ANYSEARCH_API_KEY	2,052	2026-09-17	Apache-2.0

Ranked by services in common with mcp-compose, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.

Common questions about mcp-compose

What does mcp-compose do?: Compose, manage, and run MCP servers as Docker containers, integrating a Unified API gateway.
How do I install mcp-compose?: Its own README gives this command: mcp-compose init. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.
What does mcp-compose connect to, and what does it need?: It reaches brave and oauth. The credentials we found in its source are BRAVE_API_KEY, MCP_API_KEY and OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET.
Is mcp-compose official and is it maintained?: We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 58 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is stale. Its last commit we recorded was on 2025-10-09.
What licence does mcp-compose use?: The repository declares the AGPL-3.0 licence.

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