AWS Labs Nova Canvas vs Shipshots
AWS Labs Nova Canvas is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Shipshots is an MCP server published by gurkang. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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
| Marketplace |  AWS Labs Nova Canvas |  Shipshots |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:5582496accaa Forks (GitHub): 1 826 Pulls (Docker Hub): 11 378 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 823 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.11.0 Downloads/month (npm): 226 Downloads/week (npm): 55 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 | AWS Labs Nova Canvas | Shipshots |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 823 | No figure on GitHub |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 11 378 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 826 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/nova-canvas-mcp-server) | On your machine (shipshots-mcp) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 5, secrets among them: 2 | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | github.com/gurkang/shipshots |
| 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
AWS Labs Nova Canvas
AI image generation using Amazon Nova Canvas.
Shipshots
Create App Store and Play Store screenshots with AI via MCP
How to run each
AWS Labs Nova Canvas 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 awslabs-nova-canvas -- docker run -i --rm -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_SESSION_TOKEN mcp/nova-canvas-mcp-serverRequires: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret), AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)
Shipshots As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "SHIPSHOTS_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_SHIPSHOTS_API_TOKEN>" --env "SHIPSHOTS_API_URL=<YOUR_SHIPSHOTS_API_URL>" --transport stdio shipshots -- npx -y shipshots-mcpRequires: SHIPSHOTS_API_TOKEN (secret), SHIPSHOTS_API_URL
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Shipshots publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only AWS Labs Nova Canvas asks for
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDAWS_PROFILEAWS_REGIONAWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret)AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)
Only Shipshots asks for
SHIPSHOTS_API_TOKEN (secret)SHIPSHOTS_API_URL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: AWS Labs Nova Canvas · What it can do: Shipshots · 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 . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.