E2B vs Desktop Commander
E2B is an MCP server published by e2b-dev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Desktop Commander is an MCP server published by wonderwhy-er. Marketplaces we read that list it: 6 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Docker MCP Catalog, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-12. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:ff4f9608cc4c Forks (GitHub): 72 Pulls (Docker Hub): 23 197 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 393 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: sha256:5df787069e37 Pulls (Docker Hub): 235 008 Stars (Docker Hub): 22 Not marked · First seen |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.52 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 261 Stars (GitHub): 9 998 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 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 | E2B | Desktop Commander |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 6 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 393 (worse) | 9 998 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 23 197 (worse) | 235 008 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 72 (worse) | 1 261 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/e2b) | On your machine (@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 1 | 26 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 7 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/e2b-dev/mcp-server | github.com/wonderwhy-er/desktopcommandermcp |
| 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.
Tools each declares
Only E2B declares
run_code
Only Desktop Commander declares
create_directoryedit_blockforce_terminateget_configget_file_infoget_more_search_resultsget_promptsget_recent_tool_callsget_usage_statsgive_feedback_to_desktop_commanderinteract_with_processkill_process
Show the remaining 14
list_directorylist_processeslist_searcheslist_sessionsmove_fileread_fileread_multiple_filesread_process_outputset_config_valuestart_processstart_searchstop_searchwrite_filewrite_pdf
Both declare
None
Tool names as each marketplace publishes them. More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Desktop Commander publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: E2B · What it can do: Desktop Commander · 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-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.