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Installation

Requirements​

  • Node.js 20+ (22 recommended)
  • npm (ships with Node)
  • Outbound access to mcp-gateway.info on ports 3000 (HTTP) and 3001 (WS)

Install the CLI​

The CLI is published as @alexdive/mcp-gw.

macOS (Homebrew)​

# Install Node.js if you don't have it
brew install node

# Install the CLI globally
npm install -g @alexdive/mcp-gw

Linux (Debian / Ubuntu)​

# Install Node.js 22.x
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

# Install the CLI globally
sudo npm install -g @alexdive/mcp-gw

Windows (PowerShell)​

# Install Node.js via winget
winget install OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS

# Install the CLI globally
npm install -g @alexdive/mcp-gw

Verify​

mcp-gw

Run with no arguments and the CLI prints its usage/help. If you see it, you're good to go.

Update​

npm install -g @alexdive/mcp-gw@latest

Compare versions any time:

npm ls -g @alexdive/mcp-gw          # installed
npm view @alexdive/mcp-gw version   # latest on npm

Next​

Head to Quickstart to spin up your first tunnel.