Firecrawl vs Taiwan Patent MCP
Firecrawl is an MCP server published by firecrawl. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Taiwan Patent MCP is an MCP server published by aa0101181514. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. 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 |  Firecrawl |  Taiwan Patent MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:28e677a10704 Forks (GitHub): 928 Pulls (Docker Hub): 141 047 Stars (Docker Hub): 20 Stars (GitHub): 7 647 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 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 | Firecrawl | Taiwan Patent MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 647 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 141 047 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 928 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-21 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/firecrawl) | On your machine (tw-patent-mcp) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 26 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 8, secrets among them: 1 | 3, secrets among them: 3 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/mendableai/firecrawl-mcp-server | github.com/aa0101181514/tw-patent-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 1 | 3 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-20 |
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
Firecrawl
Official Firecrawl MCP server, the context API for AI agents: search, scrape, and interact with the web, plus parse, crawl, map, Agent and Monitor, from any MCP client.
Taiwan Patent MCP
Patent search via Taiwan IPO GPSS and EPO OPS: legal status, families, full text, PDFs
How to run each
Firecrawl As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=<YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY>" --transport stdio firecrawl -- docker run -i --rm -e FIRECRAWL_API_KEY mcp/firecrawlRequires: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY (secret)
Taiwan Patent MCP As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "EPO_OPS_KEY=<YOUR_EPO_OPS_KEY>" --env "EPO_OPS_SECRET=<YOUR_EPO_OPS_SECRET>" --env "GPSS_USER_CODE=<YOUR_GPSS_USER_CODE>" --transport stdio tw-patent-mcp -- uvx tw-patent-mcpRequires: EPO_OPS_KEY (secret), EPO_OPS_SECRET (secret), GPSS_USER_CODE (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 Taiwan Patent MCP publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Firecrawl asks for
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY (secret)FIRECRAWL_API_URLFIRECRAWL_CREDIT_CRITICAL_THRESHOLDFIRECRAWL_CREDIT_WARNING_THRESHOLDFIRECRAWL_RETRY_BACKOFF_FACTORFIRECRAWL_RETRY_INITIAL_DELAYFIRECRAWL_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTSFIRECRAWL_RETRY_MAX_DELAY
Only Taiwan Patent MCP asks for
EPO_OPS_KEY (secret)EPO_OPS_SECRET (secret)GPSS_USER_CODE (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Firecrawl · What it can do: Taiwan Patent MCP · Compare two other plugins
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