Private Web Search vs web-researcher
Private Web Search is an MCP server published by nickclyde. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). web-researcher is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Daniel Worthington-Bodart. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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 |   Private Web Search | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:5617c4c60f48 Forks (GitHub): 194 Pulls (Docker Hub): 907 739 Stars (Docker Hub): 11 Stars (GitHub): 1 536 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace danielbodart/claude-code-plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.75 No figure published 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 | Private Web Search | web-researcher |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 536 | No figure on GitHub |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 907 739 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 194 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/duckduckgo) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 1 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/nickclyde/duckduckgo-mcp-server | github.com/danielbodart/claude-code-plugins |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
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
Private Web Search
Community-maintained server for DuckDuckGo search. Not published by or affiliated with DuckDuckGo.
web-researcher
Deep web research agent that finds and synthesizes information from multiple sources
How to run each
Private Web Search As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio duckduckgo -- docker run -i --rm mcp/duckduckgoweb-researcher As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add danielbodart/claude-code-plugins
/plugin install web-researcher@danielbodart-pluginsCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of web-researcher publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: Private Web Search · What it can do: web-researcher · 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.