Welcome to LightNow

LightNow is a managed MCP registry for public and private Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

It gives:

• a single place to discover MCP servers,
• a transparent, independent trust score for each server version, and
• governance controls to decide which servers are allowed in which contexts.

LightNow is built on the official MCP Generic Registry API and can act as both a public catalog and an organization-scoped registry under your own subdomain like acme.lightnow.ai.

Who is LightNow for?

LightNow is designed for:

• AI platform teams who manage MCP servers for many internal users,
• security & compliance teams who want better visibility and trust signals,
• developers who publish MCP servers and want a clean registry and evaluation layer.

Core capabilities

At a high level, LightNow provides:

• Registry & discovery

  • Public catalog of MCP servers
  • Tenant-specific registry for private servers
  • Search & filter by capabilities, transports and metadata

• Trust & evaluation

  • 0–100 trust score per server version
  • Multi-layer signals: identity, ownership, security, reputation
  • Consistent trust indicators in lists, cards and detail views

• Ownership & governance

  • Domain verification (DNS / /.well-known)
  • Repository ownership via GitHub App and other strategies
  • Policy hooks to restrict usage based on trust and ownership

• Tenants & customization

  • Organization workspaces with custom subdomains (e.g. acme.lightnow.ai)
  • Tenant-level branding (logo + colors)
  • SSO / identity provider federation

Plans and deployment

LightNow supports several plans:

• Free – public registry and basic discovery
• Standard – for professional users with private registry features
• Enterprise – tenant workspaces with SSO and governance features
• Enterprise Dedicated – isolated deployments (BYOC / on-prem) for larger organizations

The SaaS offering runs on lightnow.ai.
The same core architecture can be deployed as dedicated instances in your own environment.

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Next steps:

• Start with the Quickstart
• Learn how users and tenants fit together
• Understand plans and billing