Dappier vs asta-news
asta-news is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑16.
Dappier is an MCP server published by DappierAI. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). asta-news is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Asta Lab. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-26. 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 |  Dappier | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:ba9b2d17fc77 Forks (GitHub): 16 Pulls (Docker Hub): 17 875 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 44 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace astalab/astanews | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-16 Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | Dappier | asta-newsno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 44 | 1 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 17 875 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 16 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/dappier) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 3 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/dappierai/dappier-mcp | github.com/astalab/astanews |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-14 |
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 asta-news
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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AI news aggregator that fetches AI industry news from smol.ai RSS and generates structured markdown with intelligent summarization and categorization. Optionally creates beautiful…
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Read, search, cite, comment on and highlight handyai.news: independent weekly AI news.
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Trending AI Papers — buy per-query in-session (hfpaperwatch)
Trending AI papers daily: ranks, summaries, repos. Register in-session — free testnet funds.
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TechCrunch AI News — buy per-query in-session (techcrunchai)
AI industry news (TechCrunch): launches, funding, policy. Register in-session — free testnet funds.
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AI-vertical index: arXiv papers, curated GitHub AI projects, daily rankings. Zero-setup, read-only.
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ai-daily-insights-mcp io.github.WhaleCupl/ai-daily-insights-mcp
List, fetch and search AI Daily Insights — a Chinese daily AI-industry briefing built for agents.
What each says it does
Dappier
Enable fast, free real-time web search and access premium data from trusted media brands—news, financial markets, sports, entertainment, weather, and more. Build powerful AI agents with Dappier.
asta-news
Daily AI full-stack digest: papers, releases, evals, infra, agents, embodied, safety, business, devtools. Community-extensible sources.
How to run each
Dappier As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "DAPPIER_API_KEY=<YOUR_DAPPIER_API_KEY>" --transport stdio dappier -- docker run -i --rm -e DAPPIER_API_KEY mcp/dappierRequires: DAPPIER_API_KEY (secret)
asta-news
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 asta-news publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of asta-news publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Dappier · What it can do: asta-news · 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.