Rocketride Server MCP Server
High-performance AI pipeline engine with a C++ core and 50+ Python-extensible nodes. Build, debug, and scale LLM workflows with 13+ model providers, 8+ vector databases, and agent orchestration, all from your IDE. Includes VS Code extension, TypeScript/Python SDKs, and Docker deployment.
Rocketride Server is an open-source mcp server by rocketride-org, written mainly in Python, with 19,138 GitHub stars and the MIT license. Its code was last updated Oct 31, 2026. The latest PyPI release is rocketride 1.6.0, published Nov 5, 2026, with 83 downloads last week.
Design, test, and ship complex AI workflows from a visual canvas, right where you write code.
<img src="docs/public/assets/sdk-example.png" alt="Integrate real AI solutions using a simple SDK" width="100%">Drop pipelines into any Python or TypeScript app with a few lines of code, no infrastructure glue required.
</div>Where to start
<table> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" align="left"><strong>Run it locally</strong><br/><br/>Install the extension, pick <strong>Local</strong>, and run a pipeline on your own machine. Nothing to sign up for.<br/><br/><a href="#quick-start"><strong>Quick Start →</strong></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="top" align="left"><strong>Shipping your first AI feature?</strong><br/><br/>Start from what you already know: a working pipeline in three steps, no API keys.<br/><br/><a href="#your-first-ai-feature"><strong>Start here →</strong></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>Want to contribute?</strong><br/><br/>Claim an issue with one comment, add a node in Python, or fix the docs you're reading.<br/><br/><a href="#contributing"><strong>Contributing →</strong></a></td> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>Want to run it without ops?</strong><br/><br/>We operate the engine; your <code>.pipe</code> runs unchanged, with nothing to provision.<br/><br/><a href="#rocketride-cloud-now-live"><strong>RocketRide Cloud →</strong></a></td> </tr> </table>Open source, MIT. The whole engine is MIT-licensed and OSI-compliant. No enterprise edition, nothing behind a paywall.
Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Rocket Builder | Drag, connect, and configure nodes visually, no boilerplate. Real-time observability tracks token usage, LLM calls, latency, and execution. Pipelines are portable JSON, version-controllable, shareable, and runnable anywhere. |
| High-Performance C++ Runtime | Native multithreading purpose-built for the throughput demands of AI and data workloads. No bottlenecks, no compromises for production scale. |
| 100+ Pipeline Nodes | 15+ LLM providers, 9 vector databases, OCR, NER, PII anonymization, chunking strategies, embedding models, and more. All nodes are Python-extensible, build and publish your own. |
| Multi-Agent Workflows | Built-in CrewAI and LangChain support. Chain agents, share memory across pipeline runs, and manage multi-step reasoning at scale. |
| Coding Agent Ready | RocketRide auto-detects your coding agent: Claude, Cursor, and more. Build, modify, and deploy pipelines through natural language. |
| TypeScript, Python & MCP SDKs | Integrate pipelines into native apps, expose them as callable tools for AI assistants, or build programmatic workflows into your existing codebase. |
| Zero Dependency Headaches | Python environments, C++ toolchains, Java/Tika, and all node dependencies managed automatically. Clone, build, run, no manual setup. |
| One-Click Deploy | Run on Docker, on-prem, or RocketRide Cloud. Production-ready architecture from day one, not retrofitted from a demo. |
Quick Start
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Install the extension for your IDE. Search for RocketRide in the extension marketplace:
<p align="center"> <img src="docs/public/assets/install-extension.png" alt="Install RocketRide extension"> </p><sub>Not seeing your IDE? Open an issue · Download directly</sub>
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Click the RocketRide extension in your IDE
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Deploy a server - you'll be prompted on how you want to run the server. Choose the option that fits your setup:
- Local (Recommended) - This pulls the server directly into your IDE without any additional setup.
- On-Premises - Run the server on your own hardware for full control and data residency. Pull the image and deploy to Docker or clone this repo and build from source.
Your first AI feature
Whether you build web apps, integrate APIs, or run backend services, you already have the mental model.
| You already know | Same idea in RocketRide |
|---|---|
| A route that receives a request | A source node: webhook, chat, or dropper (file drop) |
| Middleware chained in order | Nodes, wired together on a canvas. Most are Python you can open and read |
| The response you return | A response node |
| Config in git, like a Dockerfile | The .pipe file: plain JSON, diffable, reviewable |
| Calling a service from your app | The Python or TypeScript SDK: one call in, one result out |
Three steps, no API keys:
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Run it locally. Follow the Quick Start and pick Local when asked. That's the whole install.
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Open a working pipeline. Open
examples/document-processor.pipein your IDE. Give it a PDF or an image and it pulls out the text (including text inside images), finds names, addresses and other personal data, and returns a cleaned copy. It runs on local models, so nothing leaves your machine. Press ▶ on the source node to start it. Its source is awebhook, so it waits for input — step 3 is how you send some. -
Call it from your code. The pipeline is now a function your service can call. Run it from the folder you opened in your IDE: the extension writes the engine's connection details into a
.envthere, and the SDK reads them automatically. Run it from anywhere else and the client falls back to RocketRide Cloud instead.pip install rocketrideimport asyncio from rocketride import RocketRideClient async def main(): async with RocketRideClient() as client: run = await client.use(filepath='examples/document-processor.pipe') out = await client.send( run['token'], 'Alice Smith, 12 Elm St, Springfield.', objinfo={'name': 'note.txt'}, mimetype='text/plain' ) print(out) await client.terminate(run['token']) asyncio.run(main())TypeScript works the same way:
npm install rocketride· SDK docs
Next steps, one at a time:
- Add a model. Drop an
llm_*node between the source and the response and add one API key. Same pipeline, now with an LLM in the loop. - Search by meaning.
examples/rag-pipeline.pipeis the standard "ask questions about my documents" pattern. Needs one LLM key and a vector database (Qdrant can run locally). - Give it tools. An agent node is an LLM allowed to call other nodes in a loop until it's done.
examples/agent-workflow.pipeshows the shape.
| Term | What it means here |
|---|---|
| Pipeline | A request handler built from steps, saved as a .pipe JSON file |
| Node | One step. Providers (OpenAI, Anthropic…), tools (GitHub, Slack…), stores, parsers |
| Embedding | Turning text into a list of numbers so "similar meaning" becomes "nearby numbers" |
| Vector database | A store that finds records by meaning instead of exact match |
| RAG | Retrieve the relevant documents first, then ask the model with them in context |
| Agent | An LLM that can call tools and nodes repeatedly until the task is done |
| OCR / NER / PII | Read text out of images / find names, dates, organisations / detect personal data |
| Chunking | Splitting long documents into pieces small enough to embed and retrieve |
Building Your First Pipe
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All pipelines are recognized with the
*.pipeformat. Each pipeline and its configuration are JSON objects - but the extension in your IDE will render within our visual builder canvas. -
All pipelines begin with a source node: webhook, chat, or dropper. For specific usage, examples, and inspiration on how to build pipelines, check out our guides and documentation.
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Connect input lanes and output lanes by type to properly wire your pipeline. Some nodes like agents or LLMs can be invoked as tools for use by a parent node as shown below:
<p align="center"> <img src="docs/public/assets/first_pipe.gif" alt="Pipeline canvas example" width="100%"> </p> -
You can run a pipeline from the canvas by pressing the ▶ button on the source node or from the
Connection Managerdirectly. -
Deploy your pipelines - pick the path that fits:
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Docker - Download the RocketRide server image and create a container. Requires Docker to be installed.
docker pull ghcr.io/rocketride-org/rocketride-engine:latest docker create --name rocketride-engine -p 5565:5565 ghcr.io/rocketride-org/rocketride-engine:latest docker start rocketride-engine -
Local Deployment - Download your preferred runtime as a standalone process from the Deploy page in the
Connection Manager. -
RocketRide Cloud - Skip the setup and ship straight to managed hosting. Same portable pipeline JSON, zero infrastructure to run, from prototype to production. Get started
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Run your pipelines as standalone processes or integrate them into your existing Python and TypeScript/JS applications utilizing our SDK.
Observability
Selecting running pipelines allows for in-depth analytics. Trace call trees, token usage, memory consumption, and more to optimize your pipelines before scaling and deploying. Find the models, agents, and tools best fit for your task.
<p align="center"> <img src="docs/public/assets/tracing.gif" alt="Pipeline observability and tracing"> </p>Documentation
Everything on docs.rocketride.org is built from the docs/ tree in this repo, split by audience. docs/README.md is the full map; the short version:
| Looking for | Start at |
|---|---|
| Using RocketRide: quickstart, concepts, guides, cloud, self-hosting | docs/public/product/ (the site, page for page) |
| SDK guides | TypeScript · Python · MCP |
| Building your own client on the engine protocol | docs/public/product/connect/websocket/ |
| Contributing: setup, builder, engine internals, node authoring | docs/development/ |
| Node catalog | each node's README.md under nodes/src/nodes/ |
| Apps: VS Code extension and the shell UIs | each app's own folder under apps/; how they fit the monorepo in docs/development/apps/ |
| Pointing an AI assistant at RocketRide | docs/agents/ |
Repo-wide contributor rules live in AGENTS.md.
Contributing
Good places to start
- Claim an issue with one comment. Comment
/assignon any open issue and it's yours. No permissions or membership needed. - Good first issues are labelled
good first issue;help wantedmarks bigger ones we'd like a hand with. - Add a node. Every node is a small Python package under
nodes/src/nodes/. A new provider, tool, or store makes a good first contribution. Guide: Adding a New Node. - Fix what you just read. Docs PRs are welcome, including this README.
How it works
- Fork, branch as
<type>/RR-<issue>-<short-description>, open a PR againstdevelop, link the issue. Full process, style guides, and test commands: CONTRIBUTING.md. - One build tool for the whole monorepo:
./buildermanages the C++ toolchain, Python environments, and Java/Tika for you. Clone, build, run. - Roles and decisions: GOVERNANCE.md · Releases: RELEASE.md · Security reports: SECURITY.md · Questions: Discussions, Discord, SUPPORT.md
Two ways to run RocketRide
Let us handle the infrastructure, or own every layer.
<br/> <table> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" align="left"><strong>ROCKETRIDE CLOUD</strong> · <code>NOW LIVE</code></td> <td width="50%" valign="top" align="left"><strong>ON-PREM</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>Let us run it, zero ops</strong><br/><br/>The fastest way to get started. We operate the engine; you point a client at the endpoint and build. The same <code>.pipe</code> file runs unchanged, with no infrastructure to provision, from prototype to production.</td> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>Run it yourself, free</strong><br/><br/>Docker, on-prem, or local. Full control and data residency. Open source, MIT, no lock-in, ever.</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="https://cloud.rocketride.ai/"><strong>Get Started</strong></a></td> <td align="center"><a href="#quick-start"><strong>Quick Start</strong></a></td> </tr> </table> </div>RocketRide Cloud <code>NOW LIVE</code>
<div align="center">Run pipelines, not infrastructure.
<p> <strong>With RocketRide Cloud, offload the complex, heavy lifting of production AI.</strong><br/> Build your pipeline once, in the same portable <code>.pipe</code> format, and we run it, scale it, and keep it fast. No servers, no ops, no rewrite from prototype to production. </p> </div> <table> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" align="left"><strong>A fraction of the cost</strong><br/><br/>Our model server runs your AI workloads far more efficiently, so you pay a fraction of what standard hosting costs.</td> <td width="50%" valign="top" align="left"><strong>Collaborate as a team</strong><br/><br/>Work together on shared pipelines. Your whole team builds, runs, and iterates in one place.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>No-hassle infra</strong><br/><br/>We handle everything: servers, scaling, upgrades, uptime. Nothing to provision, nothing to operate.</td> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>Higher performance, built-in scale</strong><br/><br/>More throughput on the multithreaded C++ engine, with automatic scalability built in.</td> </tr> </table> <br/>Connecting takes two lines. Same portable pipeline JSON, now hosted for you:
ROCKETRIDE_URI=https://api.rocketride.ai
ROCKETRIDE_AUTH=your-api-token
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<a href="https://cloud.rocketride.ai/"><strong>Get Started</strong></a> · <a href="https://docs.rocketride.org/operate/cloud">Read the Cloud docs</a>
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On-Prem <code>FREE & MIT</code>
<div align="center">Own every layer.
<p> <strong>Run the very same engine yourself, wherever your data lives.</strong><br/> Docker, on-premises, or a local process in your IDE. Full control, full data residency, and zero lock-in. The exact <code>.pipe</code> you build on Cloud runs unchanged on your own hardware. </p> </div> <table> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" align="left"><strong>Full control and data residency</strong><br/><br/>Your data and model calls never leave your infrastructure. Run it behind your firewall, or fully air-gapped.</td> <td width="50%" valign="top" align="left"><strong>Open source, MIT</strong><br/><br/>The whole engine is MIT-licensed and OSI-compliant. No enterprise edition, nothing behind a paywall.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>Runs anywhere</strong><br/><br/>Docker, on-premises, bare metal, or local. Scale out to a cluster with the Helm chart when you need to.</td> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>The same C++ engine</strong><br/><br/>Identical multithreaded runtime and execution semantics as Cloud. Move a pipeline between them anytime.</td> </tr> </table> <br/>Point a client at your local engine in one line:
ROCKETRIDE_URI=ws://localhost:5565
<p align="center">
<a href="#quick-start"><strong>Quick Start</strong></a> · <a href="https://docs.rocketride.org/operate/self-hosting">Read the On-Prem docs</a>
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<p align="center">Ready to ship? Deploy your pipeline on <a href="https://cloud.rocketride.ai/">RocketRide Cloud</a>, or run on-prem, free.</p>
Contributors
RocketRide is built by a growing community of contributors. Whether you've fixed a bug, added a node, improved docs, or helped someone on Discord, thank you. New contributions are always welcome - check out our contributing guide to get started.
<a href="https://github.com/rocketride-org/rocketride-server/graphs/contributors"> <img alt="contributors" src="https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=rocketride-org/rocketride-server&columns=16" width="100%" /> </a><p align="center">Made with ♥ in SF & EU</p>
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