Unla (MCP Gateway)
Unla is a lightweight MCP gateway written in Go that converts existing REST APIs and MCP servers into MCP-compliant SSE or Streamable HTTP endpoints with zero code changes, providing multi-tenant management, OAuth pre-auth, JWT support, and hot-reload configuration.
Best When
You manage multiple MCP servers or need to expose existing REST APIs as MCP tools for a team, and want centralized auth, versioning, and multi-tenant configuration without touching service code.
Avoid When
You have a single MCP server and one user — the operational complexity of running a gateway isn't justified.
Use Cases
- • Exposing legacy REST APIs as MCP tools without modifying the underlying service
- • Running a centralized MCP gateway for a team with multi-tenant isolation and version-controlled configurations
- • Deploying MCP servers behind a managed proxy with OAuth pre-authentication and JWT token management
Not For
- • Single-developer setups that only need a simple MCP server — the gateway overhead is unnecessary
- • Teams that need gRPC or WebSocket protocol conversion today (planned but not yet available)
- • Users who need a hosted/managed gateway service rather than self-hosted infrastructure
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