Smithery
Smithery (Arcade (acquired Smithery, Aug 2026)): A public catalog and former hosting platform for MCP servers, acquired by Arcade in August 2026; its MCP Proxy and managed identity features shut down on 31 Oct 2026. Remote transport: Streamable HTTP (registry entries).
Fact sheet
| Product | Smithery |
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| Operator | Arcade (acquired Smithery, Aug 2026) |
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| Kind | registry or directory |
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| Home | smithery.ai |
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| Pricing | No pricing page: smithery.ai/pricing returned 404 on 2026-11-04; the home page links to Arcade sign-up. (source, read 4 November 2026) |
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| Vendor profile | Arcade |
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Rubric
What it does not do
- No longer proxies MCP connections or manages identity (since 31 Oct 2026).
- Does not publish a price list.
Dated facts
- Arcade announced on 5 Aug 2026 that it acquired Smithery, which it describes as a public registry and hosting platform for MCP. (www.arcade.dev, dated 5 August 2026, read 4 November 2026)
- The smithery.ai home page on 4 Nov 2026 says Smithery is now part of Arcade and that the MCP Proxy and managed identity features shut down on October 31. (smithery.ai, dated 31 October 2026, read 4 November 2026)
- The official MCP Registry holds 213 active entries under the ai.smithery namespace whose remotes point at server.smithery.ai. (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io, read 4 November 2026)
- Former Smithery listing URLs such as smithery.ai/servers/eralabs-ai/ora returned 404 on 4 Nov 2026. (smithery.ai, read 4 November 2026)
- The Smithery registry search endpoint registry.smithery.ai/servers returned an error to an unauthenticated GET on 4 Nov 2026. (smithery.ai, read 4 November 2026)
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