Comparison

ast-grep vs SonarQube MCP Server

ast-grep is an MCP server published by dgageot. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). SonarQube MCP Server is an MCP server published by SonarSource. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	ast-grep	SonarQube MCP Server
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:5fc3f2e9dcf2 Forks (GitHub): 0 Pulls (Docker Hub): 101 322 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 5 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Listed Version: sha256:925c88bc7cab Forks (GitHub): 105 Pulls (Docker Hub): 1 543 661 Stars (Docker Hub): 23 Stars (GitHub): 665 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.21.0 Forks (GitHub): 105 Stars (GitHub): 665 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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

ast-grep vs SonarQube MCP Server
Fact	ast-grep	SonarQube MCP Server
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1 (worse)	2 (better)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	5 (worse)	665 (better)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	101 322 (worse)	1 543 661 (better)
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0 (worse)	105 (better)
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/ast-grep)	On your machine (docker.io/sonarsource/sonarqube-mcp)
Transport	stdio	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	1	25
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	3, secrets among them: 3
Licence (differs)	Apache-2.0	NOASSERTION
Repository (differs)	github.com/dgageot/mcp-ast-grep	github.com/sonarsource/sonarqube-mcp-server
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen	2026-10-11	2026-10-11

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.

What each says it does

ast-grep

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

ast-grep is a fast and polyglot tool for code structural search, lint, rewriting at large scale.

SonarQube MCP Server

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Analyze code quality and security with SonarQube Server or Cloud directly in AI assistants.

How to run each

ast-grep As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio ast-grep -- docker run -i --rm mcp/ast-grep

SonarQube MCP Server As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "SONARQUBE_ORG=<YOUR_SONARQUBE_ORG>" --env "SONARQUBE_TOKEN=<YOUR_SONARQUBE_TOKEN>" --env "SONARQUBE_URL=<YOUR_SONARQUBE_URL>" --transport stdio sonarqube-mcp-server -- docker run -i --rm -e SONARQUBE_ORG -e SONARQUBE_TOKEN -e SONARQUBE_URL docker.io/sonarsource/sonarqube-mcp

Requires: SONARQUBE_ORG (secret), SONARQUBE_TOKEN (secret), SONARQUBE_URL (secret)

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

Only ast-grep declares

ast-grep

Only SonarQube MCP Server declares

analyze_code_snippet
analyze_file_list
change_sonar_issue_status
create_webhook
get_component_measures
get_project_quality_gate_status
get_raw_source
get_scm_info
get_system_health
get_system_info
get_system_logs
get_system_status

Show the remaining 13

list_enterprises
list_languages
list_portfolios
list_quality_gates
list_rule_repositories
list_webhooks
ping_system
search_dependency_risks
search_metrics
search_my_sonarqube_projects
search_sonar_issues_in_projects
show_rule
toggle_automatic_analysis

Both declare

None

Tool names as each marketplace publishes them. More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of ast-grep publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: ast-grep · What it can do: SonarQube MCP Server · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-19. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.