# Postern > Self-hosted personal context gateway: one MCP surface over the sectors > of a person's life (finance, mail, calendar, contacts, health, home), > with per-agent default-deny grants, an append-only audit ledger, and > actions where the source allows. Runs on the owner's hardware; agents > connect to the owner's gate, not to a Postern cloud. AGPL-3.0. ## Docs - [For agents](https://getpostern.com/for-agents.md): how to connect, the seven tools, the rules of the gate - [Field guides](https://getpostern.com/guides): per-provider setup, screen by screen - [FAQ](https://getpostern.com/#faq): honest answers on custody, security, and what ships today ## Source - [Repository](https://github.com/getpostern/postern): the complete gateway — connectors, MCP + REST, Console, permissions, audit - Image: ghcr.io/getpostern/postern (multi-arch, amd64+arm64, AGPL-3.0)