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MCP vs SSH — policy-gated remote access
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Policy-gated, audited SSH for Linux and Windows hosts: roles, approvals, and an audit log.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours MCP (99/100 against 83). MCP is hosted and callable through the gateway; SSH — policy-gated remote access runs on your own machine. SSH — policy-gated remote access has noticeably more public adoption.
| MCP | SSH — policy-gated remote access | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A99/100 | B83/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | Established |
| GitHub stars | 28 | 745 |
| Downloads / week | – | 9.3k |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | — | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-09-17 |
| Category | Everything else | Everything else |