Amazon Q Business vs mainstreet
mainstreet is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.
Amazon Q Business is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). mainstreet is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Giani Brussich. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-23. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Amazon Q Business | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:e6e17afb81df Forks (GitHub): 1 823 Pulls (Docker Hub): 12 983 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 812 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace gbrussich52/mainstreet-mcp | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-15 Version: 0.1.4 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Amazon Q Business | mainstreetno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 812 | 0 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 12 983 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 823 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/amazon-qbusiness-anonymous-mcp-server) | On your machine (mainstreet-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 6, secrets among them: 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | github.com/gbrussich52/mainstreet-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-13 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of mainstreet
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Pre-built small business workflows to help you run and grow your business. Supports a majority of the tools you already use. You approve every step that touches money or…
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Chat-first business management. 40+ tools, 26 templates. Describe your business, done.
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AI employees that run your CRM, invoicing, email, documents, dashboards and agents
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Builder kit from the bootcamp: the store-builder skill (Waiter/Manager/Delivery agents with the receipt rule), the corpus-answers skill (grounded Q&A with verified citations), and…
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Work with clients, requests, quotes, jobs, visits, and invoices.
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Freelance business survival: price your services with structure, shut down scope creep without losing the client, and collect late invoices with a graduated ladder
What each says it does
Amazon Q Business
AI assistant for ingested content with anonymous access.
mainstreet
Free small-business starter kit: hours, services, prices, FAQs, staff, booking and inquiries from one business.yaml, with ten industry presets and a setup skill that writes the file for you.
How to run each
Amazon Q Business As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>" --env "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=<YOUR_AWS_SESSION_TOKEN>" --transport stdio amazon-qbusiness-anonymous -- docker run -i --rm -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_SESSION_TOKEN mcp/amazon-qbusiness-anonymous-mcp-serverRequires: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret), AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)
mainstreet
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of mainstreet publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of mainstreet publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Amazon Q Business · What it can do: mainstreet · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.