AnythingMCP

The self-hosted MCP gateway for legacy & modern APIs.
Turn REST, SOAP/WSDL, GraphQL and SQL endpoints into MCP tools — on your infrastructure, with full audit.

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🏭 Origin story. AnythingMCP started inside a German industrial group that needed AI agents to talk to 15+ legacy systems (ERP, CRM, custom SOAP, on-prem Postgres). Writing one MCP server per system would have taken weeks each; we extracted the common gateway after the third rewrite and have been running it in production for ~6 months. We open-sourced it because the catalog grows faster as a community than as a single vendor. Built by a small team using AI coding assistants — see AUTHORS.md.

📖 Table of contents

• What is AnythingMCP?
• Get started in 60 seconds
• Use cases
• Why AnythingMCP
• How it compares
• Key features
• Pre-configured MCP connectors
• Quick Start
• Connect your AI client
• Connector guides
• Architecture
• FAQ
• Documentation
• Tech stack
• Community & support
• Star history
• License

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What is AnythingMCP?

AnythingMCP is a self-hosted, source-available MCP server and API gateway that turns your existing APIs into Model Context Protocol tools. Connect any API — REST, SOAP, GraphQL, databases, or other MCP servers — and expose them to Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Cursor, and any other MCP-compatible client.

No SDK. No code changes. Point, configure, connect.

Built-in adapters ship with the catalog so you get an instant MCP server for popular SaaS and public APIs — DHL, DPD, GLS, Shipcloud, Sendcloud, Deutsche Bahn, DATEV, Weclapp, Xentral, Shopware 6, Personio, Handelsregister, VIES VAT, OpenPLZ, HERE Geocoding, Oxomi and more (full list below).

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Get started in 60 seconds

Requires Docker 24+, bash, openssl. On macOS, start Docker Desktop first.

git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp && ./setup.sh
# When setup finishes, open http://localhost:3000 and register
# the first user — they automatically become the admin.

⚠️ Register immediately after setup. The first account to register becomes Admin. If your instance is reachable from the internet during setup, configure firewall rules or bind the UI to 127.0.0.1 until you've created the admin account.

Or one-click deploy

   

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Use cases

• Talk to your ERP from Claude Desktop — connect SAP, Oracle, Weclapp, Xentral, DATEV or any REST/SOAP ERP and query it conversationally
• Track parcels with AI — built-in MCP servers for DHL, DPD, GLS, Shipcloud and Sendcloud
• Automate B2B compliance — pre-flight every invoice with VIES VAT validation and Handelsregister lookups
• Let AI agents query your production database safely — read-only database connectors with audit logging
• Bridge legacy SOAP services to modern AI workflows — automatic WSDL parsing, no code changes
• Aggregate multiple MCP servers behind one gateway — MCP-to-MCP bridge for unified tool access
• Import your Postman collection and get MCP tools instantly — zero-config API onboarding

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Why AnythingMCP

Problem	Solution
You have REST APIs but AI clients speak MCP	REST → MCP conversion with OpenAPI / Swagger import
You have legacy SOAP/WSDL services	SOAP → MCP bridge with automatic WSDL parsing
You need to query databases from AI agents	DB → MCP with auto-generated query tools
You want one MCP gateway for all your APIs	MCP middleware that aggregates multiple connectors
You need an MCP server for DHL/DPD/DATEV/Weclapp/…	36+ pre-built adapters — install in one click
You need auth, audit logs, and RBAC	Built-in auth, audit log, and RBAC
You can't ship credentials to a SaaS gateway	Runs on your infrastructure — credentials AES-256-GCM at rest
You have SOAP/WSDL or on-prem databases AI clients can't speak	First-class SOAP & SQL — not just REST integrations

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How it compares

Feature	AnythingMCP	Custom MCP server	Hosted MCP gateways
No-code setup	✅ Visual editor	❌ Write code	⚠️ Config files
SOAP / WSDL support	✅ Built-in	❌ Manual	❌ Rarely supported
Database connectors	✅ 7 engines	❌ Build yourself	⚠️ Limited
Visual tool editor	✅	❌	❌
Auth & audit trail	✅ OAuth2, RBAC, logs	❌ DIY	⚠️ Partial
Where credentials live	✅ Your infra (AES-256-GCM)	✅ Your code	⚠️ Gateway provider
Self-hosted option	✅ Docker / Railway / DO / Cloud	✅	⚠️ Often SaaS-only
Pre-built SaaS adapters	✅ 36+ ready-to-use	❌ Build each	⚠️ Few
Multi-client support	✅ Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Cursor	✅	⚠️ Varies

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Key features

• 5 connector types — REST, SOAP, GraphQL, Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, SQLite), MCP-to-MCP bridge
• 6 import formats — OpenAPI/Swagger, Postman, cURL, WSDL, GraphQL introspection, custom JSON
• 36+ pre-built adapters — logistics, ERP, HR, public data, payments, e-commerce, messaging — see catalog
• Dynamic MCP server — tools registered at runtime, no restart
• Visual tool editor — map parameters to path, query, body, headers visually
• Database auto-tools — schema introspection + dynamic query execution out of the box
• Environment variables — per-connector {{VAR}} interpolation, hidden from AI
• Full auth — OAuth2 (PKCE + Client Credentials), Bearer, API Key, Basic, Query, WS-Security, Certificates
• Audit logging — every tool call logged with input, output, duration, status
• Roles & access control — tool-level whitelisting per custom role
• Per-user MCP API keys — individual keys with usage tracking
• Docker ready — docker compose up and you're running

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Pre-configured MCP connectors

AnythingMCP ships with 37+ ready-to-use adapters — DACH-rooted but reaching the UK, India, Brasil, Nigeria, Japan and the global gaming web3 space. Provide your API credentials at import time and the tools become available immediately. Each adapter has its own setup guide on anythingmcp.com (English, German, Italian).

📍 Catalog heads-up. The starting set leans DACH (Germany / Austria / Switzerland) because that's where this was built in production first, with first-wave international coverage now landing across 🇬🇧 UK, 🇮🇳 India, 🇧🇷 Brasil, 🇳🇬 Nigeria and 🇯🇵 Japan. US/APAC SaaS adapters are very welcome as community PRs — there's a good-first-issue walking you through adding one in ~30 minutes (single JSON file).

🎮 Gaming & Web3 — featured

Connector	Description	Guides
Sorare Fantasy Football ⚽🌍	NFT fantasy football, baseball & basketball — 18 tools over cards, players, So5 lineups, wallet, scoring history and the live transfer market. Bcrypt-salted login + 30-day JWT caching handled for you.	Sorare → MCP · Claude · ChatGPT · Copilot · OpenClaw · Cloud

Sorare is also the reference implementation of AnythingMCP's new LOGIN_TOKEN AuthType — a declarative spec for any API that requires a custom bcrypt-style sign-in handshake before issuing a long-lived bearer. Reuse the pattern for any other crypto / fintech / gaming API with non-OAuth auth: see docs/connectors/login-token-auth.md.

📦 Logistics & shipping

Connector	Description	Guide
DHL Tracking	Worldwide DHL shipment tracking via Unified Tracking API	→
DPD Germany Tracking	Public DPD parcel-life-cycle tracking, no API key	→
GLS Track & Trace	EU-wide GLS parcel tracking, no API key	→
Shipcloud	Multi-carrier shipping & label aggregator (DHL, DPD, GLS, Hermes, UPS, FedEx)	→
Sendcloud	Multi-carrier EU shipping platform — 40+ carriers under one API	→
Deutsche Bahn Fahrplan	Train timetables, departures, journey planning	→

💼 ERP, accounting & invoicing

Connector	Description	Guide
DATEV	Buchhaltung & tax — used by 90% of German tax consultants	→
Weclapp	Cloud ERP for German SMBs — customers, orders, articles	→
Scopevisio	German cloud ERP/CRM — contacts, invoices, projects	→
Xentral	SaaS ERP for e-commerce, wholesale, manufacturing	→
Billomat	Online invoicing & bookkeeping for DE SMBs	→
FastBill	Invoicing tool for German freelancers and SMBs	→

🛍️ E-commerce, 👥 HR, 🏛️ Government, 🏦 Banking, 🏗️ Construction, 💬 Messaging — expand

🛍️ E-commerce & catalog

Connector	Description	Guide
Shopware 6	Storefront API — products, categories, search	→
Oxomi	Baustoff catalog & media portal (datasheets, CAD, safety sheets)	→
ImmobilienScout24	German real-estate listings	→
Mercado Libre 🌎	LATAM marketplace (BR, AR, MX, CL, CO, PE, UY)	→

👥 HR & field service

Connector	Description	Guide
Personio	Dominant HR platform for DACH SMBs	→
Kenjo HR	Modern HR platform — employees, departments, recruiting	→
MFR Mobile Field Report	Field-service operations — work orders, technicians, time tracking	→

🏛️ Government & public data

Connector	Description	Guide
VIES VAT Validation	Validate EU VAT numbers — official European Commission API	→
Handelsregister	German commercial register — companies, shareholders, documents	→
UK Companies House 🇬🇧	UK companies register — search, profiles, officers, filings	→
OpenPLZ Germany	Postal codes, localities, streets, federal districts (BKG data)	→
Bundesbank Statistics	Exchange rates, monetary, financial markets	→
DESTATIS Genesis	Federal Statistical Office — demographics, economy, trade	→
NINA Warnung	Official German emergency alerts — weather, civil protection	→

🏦 Banking, payments & remote

Connector	Description	Guide
N26 Open Banking	PSD2 access — balances, transactions, payment initiation	→
Wise 🇬🇧	International money transfers (sandbox available)	→
PAYONE	Payment processing — transactions, refunds, status	→
Razorpay 🇮🇳	India's leading payment gateway — UPI, cards, netbanking	→
Paystack 🇳🇬	Leading African payment processor (NG, GH, ZA, KE)	→
TeamViewer	Remote-access devices, sessions, users	→

🏗️ Construction & mapping

Connector	Description	Guide
PlanRadar	Construction & real-estate project management	→
HERE Geocoding	Worldwide geocoding, autocomplete, place discovery	→

💬 Messaging & communication

Connector	Description	Guide
LINE Messaging API 🇯🇵	Dominant chat platform in JP/TW/TH — push, reply and broadcast	→

Want to add your own? Drop a JSON adapter in packages/backend/src/adapters/ (organised by region — e.g. de/), register it in catalog.ts, and it becomes available to every user. The catalog.spec.ts parametrised test validates every adapter at build time. See the existing adapters and the Tool Definition Format for the expected schema.

👀 Don't see your favourite SaaS? Open a discussion — we prioritise the next adapter by community demand. ⭐ Star and 👀 Watch to be notified when it ships.

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Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp
./setup.sh        # interactive setup — generates .env, starts Docker

The setup script configures everything interactively: deployment mode, domain/SSL, auth, email, Redis. All secrets are auto-generated. First user to register becomes Admin.

What setup.sh handles

• Domain & HTTPS — for production domains, enables Caddy reverse proxy with automatic Let's Encrypt SSL
• Secrets — generates JWT, encryption keys, and database passwords
• MCP authentication mode — OAuth 2.0, API Key, or both
• Optional — SMTP and Redis configuration

Prefer manual setup? Copy .env.example to .env, edit the values, and run docker compose up -d. See the Deployment Guide.

Service	Default URL
Web UI	http://localhost:3000 (or https://yourdomain.com with Caddy)
Backend API	http://localhost:4000
MCP endpoint	http://localhost:4000/mcp
Swagger docs	http://localhost:4000/api/docs

Next — create a connector, import your API spec, and connect your AI client. See Connector guides below.

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Connect your AI client

AnythingMCP works with any MCP-compatible client. Pick yours:

Client	Guide	Transport
Claude Desktop	Setup →	Streamable HTTP
Claude Code	Setup →	Streamable HTTP
ChatGPT	Setup →	Streamable HTTP
Google Gemini	Setup →	HTTP / SSE
GitHub Copilot	Setup →	Streamable HTTP
Cursor	Setup →	Streamable HTTP
Any MCP client	Setup →	Streamable HTTP

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Connector guides

Connector	Use case	Docs
REST	HTTP APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger, Postman	Guide →
SOAP	WSDL web services, WCF, legacy enterprise APIs	Guide →
GraphQL	GraphQL endpoints with introspection	Guide →
Database	PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, SQLite	Guide →
MCP Bridge	Aggregate multiple MCP servers into one	Guide →
LOGIN_TOKEN auth	APIs that POST credentials → return long-lived bearer (bcrypt-salted handshakes, Sorare-style)	Guide →

Featured adapter walkthroughs

• 🎮 Sorare Fantasy Football — Sorare → MCP · Connect Sorare to Claude · Connect Sorare to ChatGPT · Connect Sorare to GitHub Copilot · Connect Sorare to OpenClaw · Connect Sorare to AnythingMCP Cloud

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Architecture

How it works

1. Create a connector — point to your API (REST base URL, WSDL endpoint, GraphQL URL, DB connection string) or pick a pre-built adapter from the catalog
2. Import or define tools — auto-import from OpenAPI / Postman / WSDL / GraphQL or define manually (pre-built adapters skip this step)
3. Connect AI clients — point your MCP client to http://your-server:4000/mcp
4. AI calls tools — AnythingMCP translates MCP tool calls into actual API requests and returns results

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FAQ

What is an MCP server?

An MCP server exposes tools to an AI agent over the Model Context Protocol — an open standard from Anthropic. Once connected, the AI can call those tools to read data, run queries, or perform actions on your behalf. AnythingMCP is a self-hosted MCP server that wraps your existing APIs so you don't have to write one from scratch.

How is AnythingMCP different from writing my own MCP server?

You don't write code. AnythingMCP imports your OpenAPI / Postman / WSDL spec (or you point it at a database) and generates the MCP tools automatically. You also get auth, audit logging, RBAC, and a visual editor on top — features that would take weeks to build per service.

Can I use it with Claude / ChatGPT / Gemini / Copilot / Cursor?

Yes. Any client that speaks MCP works. See Connect your AI client for direct setup guides.

Why source-available and not "open source"?

We use the Business Source License 1.1 (BSL-1.1), the same model as Sentry, MariaDB, CockroachDB and HashiCorp Terraform. The source is fully public — you can read, fork, modify and self-host — but you can't resell it as a managed SaaS without a commercial license. On 2030-03-04 the license automatically converts to Apache 2.0, so the code is guaranteed to become OSI-approved open-source. We chose this over MIT/Apache up-front to keep building AnythingMCP sustainably while avoiding the AWS-strip-mining trap. See the License FAQ.

Is AnythingMCP free?

Yes, for everyone except SaaS resellers. Free for internal company use, personal use, development, testing, evaluation and academic use. The only restriction is offering it as a hosted commercial service to third parties without a commercial license — and even that lifts on 2030-03-04 when BSL converts to Apache 2.0.

Can I self-host?

Yes — it ships as a Docker image and runs on your own infrastructure. Run ./setup.sh or use the Railway and DigitalOcean one-click installs. There's also a managed Cloud version if you'd rather not run it yourself.

Is there an MCP server for DHL / DATEV / Personio / Handelsregister / …?

Yes — see Pre-configured MCP connectors. Each adapter has its own setup guide on anythingmcp.com. If your service isn't there yet, you can add it in ~10 minutes by copying an existing JSON adapter and adapting the endpoints.

What about SOAP and WSDL?

Built-in. AnythingMCP automatically parses WSDL documents and generates one MCP tool per SOAP operation. Useful for legacy enterprise APIs (SAP, Oracle, .NET WCF, banking middleware) that no AI client speaks natively.

Is MCP dead now that agents use CLI tools?

No — but the question conflates two problems. CLI is the right call when the model already knows the tool from training (git, docker, kubectl, aws, gh), the agent is acting for the builder, and a CLI actually exists. MCP wins when you need per-user auth, scoped permissions, audit logs, multi-tenant isolation, typed contracts, or SaaS integrations without a CLI (Salesforce, Workday, Notion, Linear, internal tools).

The mature pattern in 2026 is hybrid: CLI for local/dev/popular tools, MCP for SaaS / multi-tenant / compliance-bound integrations. AnythingMCP covers the MCP side — you keep using git and docker directly, the gateway handles everything else with proper auth and audit. Full decision matrix on anythingmcp.com/vs/cli.

Can the AI access my production database directly?

Yes, with safety. PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL, Oracle, MongoDB and SQLite are supported. Each tool is whitelisted, every invocation is audit-logged, and you can scope a connector to read-only credentials. See the Database Connector Guide.

How is auth handled?

OAuth2 (PKCE + Client Credentials), Bearer Token, API Key, Basic Auth, query-parameter auth, WS-Security and TLS client certificates are all supported. Credentials are stored AES-256-GCM encrypted at rest. Per-user MCP API keys are issued on top so each AI client gets its own key with usage tracking.

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Documentation

Topic	Description
API reference	Full REST API for connectors, tools, auth, audit
Tool definition format	Parameters, endpoint mapping, response mapping
Deployment guide	Docker, production setup, reverse proxy, env vars
Authentication	OAuth2, JWT, API keys, MCP auth modes

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Tech stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	Next.js 16, React 19, Tailwind CSS v4
Backend	NestJS 11, TypeScript
MCP	@modelcontextprotocol/sdk, Streamable HTTP
Database	PostgreSQL 17, Prisma 7
Cache	Redis 7 (optional)
Reverse proxy	Caddy 2 (optional — automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt)
Auth	JWT, OAuth2, AES-256-GCM
Deploy	Docker + Docker Compose

Local development

./setup.sh    # choose "Local development"
npm run dev

Or see the Deployment guide for manual setup.

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Community & support

• 💬 Questions & discussions — GitHub Discussions — vote on the next adapter, share what you've built, ask for help
• 🐛 Bug reports — Open an issue
• 💡 Feature requests — Request a feature
• 🆘 Need help? — see SUPPORT.md for the full list of channels
• 🏢 Built by helpcode.ai — an independent team in Freiburg, Germany

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Star history

⭐ Like what you see? Star this repo — every star helps another developer discover AnythingMCP.

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Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please read our Contributing guide before submitting a PR. For security issues, see SECURITY.md.

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License

AnythingMCP is source-available under the Business Source License 1.1 (BSL-1.1). This is not an OSI-approved open-source license — see the License FAQ for a plain-language explanation.

• ✅ Free for — internal use, personal use, development, testing, evaluation, academic use
• ❌ Not permitted — offering as a commercial hosted service (SaaS) without a separate license
• 📅 Change date — 2030-03-04 — on this date the license automatically converts to Apache 2.0

For commercial licensing: [email protected]

Transparency note — AnythingMCP makes optional network calls to anythingmcp.com for license verification and email delivery when SMTP is not configured. No API credentials or tool invocation data is ever sent. See External services for full details.

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