Box vs Outline MCP Server
Box is an MCP server published by dgageot. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Outline MCP Server is an MCP server published by Vortiago. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-15. 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 |   Box |  Outline MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:4db7963505c2 Forks (GitHub): 0 Pulls (Docker Hub): 18 536 Stars (Docker Hub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.10.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 398 Downloads/week (PyPI): 337 Forks (GitHub): 45 Stars (GitHub): 156 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.10.1 Forks (GitHub): 45 Stars (GitHub): 156 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 | Box | Outline MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 3 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 156 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 18 536 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 45 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/box) | On your machine (mcp-outline) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 12 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | 6, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 3 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/dgageot/mcp-server-box | github.com/vortiago/mcp-outline |
| 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. 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
Box
An MCP server capable of interacting with the Box API.
Outline MCP Server
Connect AI assistants to Outline for document search, reading, and management
How to run each
Box As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "BOX_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_BOX_CLIENT_SECRET>" --transport stdio box -- docker run -i --rm -e BOX_CLIENT_SECRET mcp/boxRequires: BOX_CLIENT_SECRET (secret)
Outline MCP Server As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "OUTLINE_API_KEY=<YOUR_OUTLINE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio mcp-outline -- uvx mcp-outlineRequires: OUTLINE_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Outline MCP Server publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Box asks for
BOX_CLIENT_IDBOX_CLIENT_SECRET (secret)
Only Outline MCP Server asks for
OUTLINE_API_KEY (secret)OUTLINE_API_URLOUTLINE_DISABLE_AI_TOOLSOUTLINE_DISABLE_DELETEOUTLINE_READ_ONLYOUTLINE_VERIFY_SSL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Box · What it can do: Outline 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. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.