Comparison

AWS Labs Nova Canvas vs Kimage

Kimage is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑23.

AWS Labs Nova Canvas is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Kimage is an MCP server published by kaneky.dev. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	AWS Labs Nova Canvas	Kimage
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:5582496accaa Forks (GitHub): 1 827 Pulls (Docker Hub): 11 398 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 830 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Removed on 2026-10-23 Version: 0.18.4 No figure published 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

AWS Labs Nova Canvas vs Kimage
Fact	AWS Labs Nova Canvas	Kimageno longer listed · 2026-10-23
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1	0
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	9 830	No figure on GitHub
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	11 398	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	1 827	No figure on GitHub
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/nova-canvas-mcp-server)	Remote server (kimage.kaneky.dev/mcp)
Transport (differs)	stdio	Streamable HTTP
Tools it declares (differs)	2	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	5, secrets among them: 2	Not published
Licence (differs)	Apache-2.0	Not stated
Repository (differs)	github.com/awslabs/mcp	Not stated
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	0	2
First seen	2026-10-11	2026-10-11

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 Kimage

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

gpt-image-mcp io.github.youbotapi/gpt-image-mcp

Generate and edit images with GPT Image 2.5 for $0.029 — free key, 50 credits, no card.

by youbotapi · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
Image Generator API

AI image generation from text prompts via Gemini. x402 micropayment.

by Br0ski777 · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
EverArt (Archived)

Image generation server using EverArt's API.

by modelcontextprotocol · MCP server

Listed on: Docker MCP Catalog · Describes nearly the same job
cascade-img

LLM-operable Midjourney pipeline: 21 MCP tools to compose, generate, curate with vision, and log.

by laffeyp · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
mediagen io.github.Cripacx/mediagen

Generate images and video from text prompts across Gemini, OpenAI and Kie AI.

by Cripacx · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
nanobanana-mcp-server io.github.zhongweili/nanobanana-mcp-server

An MCP server that provides image generation and editing capabilities

by zhongweili · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers) · Describes nearly the same job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

AWS Labs Nova Canvas

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

AI image generation using Amazon Nova Canvas.

Kimage

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Generate original images from text; prompts and results are content-checked. Paid per image, x402.

How to run each

AWS Labs Nova Canvas As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>" --env "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=<YOUR_AWS_SESSION_TOKEN>" --transport stdio awslabs-nova-canvas -- docker run -i --rm -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_SESSION_TOKEN mcp/nova-canvas-mcp-server

Requires: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret), AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)

Kimage

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 Kimage publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

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

What it can do: AWS Labs Nova Canvas · What it can do: Kimage · 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 2026-10-25. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.