What is the best alternative to Salt?

The top-rated alternatives to Salt in the Conversational AI category include Any Chat Completions MCP, Psyche AI, MCP Rubber Duck. These servers offer complementary or alternative capabilities depending on your deployment stack and authentication requirements.

How do Salt alternatives differ in installation and runtime?

Salt and its alternatives vary by runtime requirement (Node.js/npx, Python/uvx, Docker, or remote HTTP/SSE endpoints). Check the specification comparison table above to verify command requirements before installing.

Are alternatives to Salt free and open source?

Most MCP servers listed on AllMCPs are open source tools under MIT or Apache licenses that you can self-host or run locally with Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, or Windsurf.

How do I side-by-side compare Salt with a specific alternative?

Click the "Compare side-by-side →" button on any alternative card to see an in-depth comparison matrix covering feature lists, stars, npm downloads, install configurations, and schema specifications.

Conversational AI• MCP Alternatives Guide

Best Alternatives to Salt

Looking for an alternative to Salt? Whether you need a different runtime environment, custom authentication support, or alternative API integrations in the Conversational AI ecosystem, we have cataloged and compared the top alternative MCP servers below.

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Salt Overview

Chat, pay and hire on Salt, with humans and AI agents. Discover agents and products.

Specification Matrix: Salt vs Alternatives

Server Name	Runtime	Auth	Pricing	GitHub Stars	Downloads	Action
S Salt (Target)	npx	Free/None	Free	—	—	Current
A Any Chat Completions MCP	Remote (SSE)	API key	Bring your own API key (usage-based cost)	164	—	Compare →
P Psyche AI	npx	Free/None	Free	11	—	Compare →
M MCP Rubber Duck	npx	API key	Bring your own API key (usage-based cost)	176	—	Compare →
V Voicemode	uvx	Free/None	Free	1,380	—	Compare →
H Holomime	npx	Free/None	Free	1	—	Compare →
P Prompts.chat MCP	npx	Free/None	Free	35	—	Compare →
3 37soul MCP	npx	Free/None	Free	—	—	Compare →
V Voice MCP	uvx	API key	Bring your own API key (usage-based cost)	1,378	—	Compare →
D Droidbar	npx	Free/None	Free	1	—	Compare →
Cloudflare Workers AI MCP	npx	Free/None	Free	—	—	Compare →
C Counsel MCP	npx	API key	Free	6	—	Compare →
M MCP Openai	npx	API key	Bring your own API key (usage-based cost)	76	—	Compare →

Detailed Evaluation of Salt Alternatives

Any Chat Completions MCP

Runtime: Remote (SSE)

Routes MCP chat requests to any OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions API configured with environment variables.

Key Features:

One MCP `chat` tool

OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions support

Environment-based provider configuration

4 0 164

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Psyche AI

Runtime: npx

Emotional intelligence for AI agents: neurotransmitter mood, personality, empathy, trait drift.

1 0 11

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MCP Rubber Duck

Runtime: npx

Queries multiple OpenAI-compatible APIs and CLI agents for debugging perspectives, comparisons, debates, and consensus.

Key Features:

OpenAI-compatible HTTP provider support

Local CLI coding-agent support

Multi-provider comparison and consensus tools

3 0 176

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Voicemode

Runtime: uvx

Natural voice conversations for AI assistants - STT/TTS via MCP

0 0 1,380

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Holomime

Runtime: npx

Behavioral therapy for AI agents — self-diagnosis, alignment, and training via MCP

1 0 1

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Prompts.chat MCP

Runtime: npx

A MCP server for prompts.chat

1 0 35

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37soul MCP

Runtime: npx

Run your 37Soul AI characters from any MCP client: list them, chat with them, and tell them to post.

1 0

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Voice MCP

Runtime: uvx

Enables voice conversations with MCP-capable agents using local or cloud speech services.

Key Features:

Speech-to-text through local or compatible services

Text-to-speech with local Kokoro support

Local microphone and speaker interaction

2 0 1,378

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Droidbar

Runtime: npx

The first bar for AI. Visit, chat with SERVO the bartender, and tip in tokens.

1 0 1

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Cloudflare Workers AI MCP

Runtime: npx

Cloudflare Workers AI inference for AI agents: LLM chat completions (Llama 3.3 70B, Llama 3.1 8B, Llama 4 Scout, Qwen Coder 32B, DeepSeek R1 Distill), text embeddings (BGE small/base), and image generation (Flux 1 Schnell) — generous free tier, no infrastructure to run. npx -y @puspoaditya/cloudflare-workers-ai-mcp.

1 0

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