Router▌
by chatmcp
Router offers a powerful crossy proxy and youtube proxy service, connecting MCP clients to remote tools easily without s
Provides a proxy service that connects local MCP clients to remote tool servers through a central routing service, eliminating the need to run your own server infrastructure.
best for
- / Users wanting remote MCP servers without hosting
- / Developers avoiding local server infrastructure
- / Teams sharing hosted MCP server instances
capabilities
- / Route local MCP clients to remote servers
- / Connect to hosted servers via server keys
- / Proxy tool requests through central routing
- / Enable remote server access without local setup
what it does
Proxies connections from local MCP clients to remote tool servers hosted on MCP.so, eliminating the need to run your own server infrastructure.
about
Router is a community-built MCP server published by chatmcp that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Router offers a powerful crossy proxy and youtube proxy service, connecting MCP clients to remote tools easily without s It is categorized under developer tools.
how to install
You can install Router in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
license
MIT
Router is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
readme
README content is unavailable from source data for this server.
Open GitHub repositoryFAQ
- What is the Router MCP server?
- Router is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server profile on explainx.ai. MCP lets AI hosts (e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor) call tools and resources through a standard interface; this page summarizes categories, install hints, and community ratings.
- How do MCP servers relate to agent skills?
- Skills are reusable instruction packages (often SKILL.md); MCP servers expose live capabilities. Teams frequently combine both—skills for workflows, MCP for APIs and data. See explainx.ai/skills and explainx.ai/mcp-servers for parallel directories.
- How are reviews shown for Router?
- This profile displays 10 aggregated ratings (sample rows for discoverability plus signed-in user reviews). Average score is about 4.5 out of 5—verify behavior in your own environment before production use.
Ratings
4.5★★★★★10 reviews- ★★★★★Shikha Mishra· Oct 10, 2024
Router is among the better-indexed MCP projects we tried; the explainx.ai summary tracks the official description.
- ★★★★★Piyush G· Sep 9, 2024
We evaluated Router against two servers with overlapping tools; this profile had the clearer scope statement.
- ★★★★★Chaitanya Patil· Aug 8, 2024
Useful MCP listing: Router is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
- ★★★★★Sakshi Patil· Jul 7, 2024
Router reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
- ★★★★★Ganesh Mohane· Jun 6, 2024
I recommend Router for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
- ★★★★★Oshnikdeep· May 5, 2024
Strong directory entry: Router surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
- ★★★★★Dhruvi Jain· Apr 4, 2024
Router has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
- ★★★★★Rahul Santra· Mar 3, 2024
According to our notes, Router benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
- ★★★★★Pratham Ware· Feb 2, 2024
We wired Router into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
- ★★★★★Yash Thakker· Jan 1, 2024
Router is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.