Apify vs Hiring Signals
Hiring Signals is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.
Apify is an MCP server published by apify. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Hiring Signals is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Bence Kadi. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22. 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 |  Apify | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:42cc91f13363 Forks (GitHub): 368 Pulls (Docker Hub): 36 705 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 12 426 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace kiskecske24/hiring-signals-mcp | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-15 Version: 1.0.0 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 | Apify | Hiring Signalsno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 12 426 | 0 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 36 705 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 368 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/apify-mcp-server) | Remote server (mcp.apify.com) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 10 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 2 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/apify/actors-mcp-server | github.com/kiskecske24/hiring-signals-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| 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 Hiring Signals
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
-
Live open jobs from the career sites of companies you name (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever +14 ATS).
-
Open jobs from Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, SmartRecruiters, Recruitee, Personio as JSON.
-
Greenhouse Jobs Scraper & API Data Extractor
Scrape job listings from companies using Greenhouse ATS via a fast API.
-
Company hiring signals + open jobs from Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby boards, API + MCP. 20 free/day.
-
ATS Job Board Feeds (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby)
Open roles from public Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable job boards as clean data. Winters Works.
-
Workable Jobs Scraper - Clean Job Data API
Scrape any company's Workable job board and get clean, de-duplicated job data: title, department…
What each says it does
Apify
Apify is the world's largest marketplace of tools for web scraping, data extraction, and web automation. You can extract structured data from social media, e-commerce, search engines, maps, travel sites, or any other website.
Hiring Signals
Live job openings from Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, Recruitee and Personio career sites via Apify.
How to run each
Apify As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "APIFY_TOKEN=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" --transport stdio apify-mcp-server -- docker run -i --rm -e APIFY_TOKEN mcp/apify-mcp-serverRequires: APIFY_TOKEN (secret)
Hiring Signals
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 Hiring Signals publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Hiring Signals publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Apify · What it can do: Hiring Signals · 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.