restheart

Supports Claude Code, Cursor, Mcp

To get RESTHeart running in few minutes and make your first API call, there are several options. Choose the one that best fits your needs:

Option 1 — Deploy on RESTHeart Cloud (no install required)

The fully managed service by SoftInstigate. No infrastructure to configure or maintain — just sign up and start building. Includes a dashboard, SLA, and support.

Option 2 — Deploy on Railway (no install required)

Deploy RESTHeart and MongoDB on your own Railway account in one click. You keep full control of the infrastructure. Free to start, pay only for what you use on Railway.

Option 3 — Docker Compose (local):

# Start MongoDB + RESTHeart with Docker Compose
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SoftInstigate/restheart/master/docker-compose.yml \
  --output docker-compose.yml && docker compose up --attach restheart

# Test it
curl http://localhost:8080/ping

Default credentials: admin / secret (change in production)

More options: https://restheart.org/docs/foundations/quick-start

RESTHeart ships with Sophia, a native Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Any MCP-compatible AI client can connect directly.

Public demo endpoints (no authentication required):

https://sophia-api.restheart.com/mcp/restheart/    — RESTHeart docs knowledge base
https://sophia-api.restheart.com/mcp/cloud/        — RESTHeart Cloud docs knowledge base

Connect with Claude Code:

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

Connect with Claude Desktop: Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector and paste one of the context URLs above.

Connect with Streamable HTTP clients (add to MCP settings):

{
  "sophia": {
    "type": "http",
    "url": "https://sophia-api.restheart.com/mcp/restheart/"
  }
}

Connect with stdio clients (VS Code, Zed — requires Node.js 18+):

{
  "sophia": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://sophia-api.restheart.com/mcp/restheart/"]
  }
}

For private Sophia instances, replace the URL with your own base URL and context ID, and add authentication. See the MCP documentation for details.