About iod

What is iod?

iod is the data exchange for AI.

For users

• Simple discovery: find and explore servers with search & categorization.
• One-click install: install data servers in a few clicks, no tech knowledge required.
• Quality assurance: install quality, regularly tested and up-to-date servers.
• (Soon) Up-votes & updates: get community feedback and recommendations.

Do not find the data server you want? Reach out.

For builders

• Easy server indexing: index servers in seconds, no pypi deployment required.
• Visibility: increase your work’s reach by exposing it to more users and builders.
• (Soon) Monitoring: get datapoints on visibility, usage and incident reports.
• (Soon) Reward: receive donations or compensation for your work.

Trust & safety

iod aims to serve all MCP (Model Context Protocol) compliant clients & servers.

iod is:

• Open Source: we contribute to the development of reliable MCP servers by publishing all our servers (GitHub).
• Privacy-focused: we develop an open source proxy structure with opt-out transparent telemetry logging (GitHub).
• Community-driven: server indexings and comments encouraged.
• Aligned but independent: growing with MCP but not bound to Anthropic.

We do not yet provide guarantees on the servers you set up. However, we do our best to test them.

Who is behind iod?

iod’s work is led by Theophile de Cazenove and Guillaume Raille.

iod would not be possible without the amazing work from server builders, Anthropic, and the Awesome MCP Servers repository.

Interested in joining the effort? Reach out.