{"slug": "show-hn-forth-mcp-give-any-remote-ai-client-access-to-your-local-mcp-servers", "title": "Show HN: Forth MCP – give any remote AI client access to your local MCP servers", "summary": "Forth MCP, a hosted relay service, enables any remote AI client to access local MCP servers without port forwarding or VPN, using a lightweight connector installed as a background service. The service offers multi-endpoint connectors, per-token tool permissions, usage dashboards, and flat monthly pricing with hard usage caps.", "body_md": "#\nGive any AI client access to\n\nyour local MCP servers\n\nForth MCP is a hosted relay that puts your local, NAT'd, or firewalled MCP servers behind a single secure URL. No port forwarding. No VPN. No exposing your machine. Install one lightweight connector, and any MCP-speaking AI client can call your tools from anywhere.\n\nMCP server\n\n/ any MCP client\n\n## Running in three steps\n\nNo infrastructure to manage. The connector runs quietly in the background as a service.\n\n###### Install the connector\n\nOne binary, installed as a background service on Windows, macOS, or Linux, straight from your dashboard.\n\n###### Attach your connector token\n\nOne token authenticates every local MCP endpoint you add, npx package or plain HTTP address.\n\n###### Call it from anywhere\n\nPoint any MCP client at your Forth MCP URL and API token. It just works, wherever your machine is.\n\n## Everything you need to run MCP in production\n\nBuilt for real fleets of tools, not just a single local demo.\n\n### One-command install\n\nA single self-contained binary. Runs as a Windows service, launchd agent, or systemd unit, published straight from your dashboard.\n\n### Multi-endpoint connectors\n\nOne connector token authenticates every local MCP endpoint you add, npx package or HTTP address alike. Add or remove them independently.\n\n### Per-token tool permissions\n\nScope each API token to an allowlist of tools, so different AI clients or teammates only ever see what they need.\n\n### Usage dashboards & quotas\n\nSee calls by token and by tool in real time, with configurable per-plan limits, threshold alerts, and an instant kill switch.\n\n### Live health monitoring\n\nKnow the moment a connector instance or endpoint drops. Re-add a deleted endpoint later without losing the rest of your connector.\n\n### Built for agentic workflows\n\nA grace buffer protects an in-progress agent session. No hard cuts mid-task the instant a quota is hit.\n\n## Simple, predictable pricing\n\nFlat monthly tiers with a hard usage cap. No metered billing surprises.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-forth-mcp-give-any-remote-ai-client-access-to-your-local-mcp-servers", "canonical_source": "https://www.forthmcp.com/", "published_at": "2026-08-28 12:59:28+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-28 13:19:28.412449+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Forth MCP"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-forth-mcp-give-any-remote-ai-client-access-to-your-local-mcp-servers", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-forth-mcp-give-any-remote-ai-client-access-to-your-local-mcp-servers.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-forth-mcp-give-any-remote-ai-client-access-to-your-local-mcp-servers.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-forth-mcp-give-any-remote-ai-client-access-to-your-local-mcp-servers.jsonld"}}