restheart

Overview

RESTHeart is a comprehensive backend solution for MongoDB that exposes data through a native MCP server alongside full REST and GraphQL APIs. It offers AI agents and developers instant, secure access to MongoDB with zero backend boilerplate. Built on Java 25, Undertow, and virtual threads, it provides authentication, authorization, and a plugin system for extending functionality. The platform is available as a Docker image and GraalVM native binary, making it easy to deploy in various environments.

Try asking AI

After installing, here are 4 things you can ask your AI assistant:

• query_mongodb

  Query MongoDB data with filters, sorting, and pagination

  Try:Find all documents in the users collection where age is greater than 30Try:Get the top 10 customers by revenue from the orders collectionTry:Find all products with price less than $50 and sort by name
• create_document

  Create a new document in a MongoDB collection

  Try:Add a new user with name 'John Doe' and email 'john@example.com'Try:Insert a product with name 'Laptop' and price $999Try:Create a new order for customer ID 123 with total $50
• update_document

  Update an existing document in MongoDB

  Try:Update user email to 'newemail@example.com' for user ID 456Try:Set product price to $899 for product ID 789Try:Mark order as paid for order ID 12345
• delete_document

  Delete a document from a MongoDB collection

  Try:Remove the user with ID 123Try:Delete product ID 456Try:Remove the order with ID 789
• aggregate_data

  Perform MongoDB aggregation operations on collections

  Try:Calculate the average order value by monthTry:Group products by category and count itemsTry:Find the total revenue by customer
• create_github_issue

  Create a new issue in a GitHub repository

  Try:Create a bug report for the login issueTry:Request a feature for user authenticationTry:Report a problem with the payment processing
• list_files

  List files in a directory or collection

  Try:Show all documents in the users collectionTry:List all files in the documents folderTry:Display all orders created today

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Installation

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SoftInstigate/restheart/master/docker-compose.yml --output docker-compose.yml && docker compose up --attach restheart

claude mcp add --transport http sophia-restheart https://sophia-api.restheart.com/mcp/restheart

On Hacker News

Recent discussion from the developer community.

• Deploy a REST API for MongoDB on Google Cloud Containers▲ 2
  Story by mkj6 · 2015-10-23
• Release Notes – Restheart – Version 2.0.0-beta-1▲ 1
  Story by mkj6 · 2016-02-13

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