Firecrawl MCP Server vs io.github.rajanrengasamy/vidlens-mcp
Firecrawl MCP Server is an MCP server published by firecrawl. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, Community GitHub marketplaces). io.github.rajanrengasamy/vidlens-mcp is an MCP server published by rajanrengasamy. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-07. 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 MCP Server |  io.github.rajanrengasamy/vidlens-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 3.38.0 Downloads/month (npm): 517 013 Downloads/week (npm): 158 613 Forks (GitHub): 928 Stars (GitHub): 7 770 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.2.6 Downloads/month (npm): 801 Downloads/week (npm): 184 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:3b22a74af198 Forks (GitHub): 928 Pulls (Docker Hub): 148 211 Stars (Docker Hub): 20 Stars (GitHub): 7 770 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
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 MCP Server | io.github.rajanrengasamy/vidlens-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 770 (better) | 36 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 148 211 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 928 (better) | 5 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-11-06 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server or your machine | On your machine (vidlens-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP, stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 28 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | 5, secrets among them: 5 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 18 | 3 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server | github.com/rajanrengasamy/vidlens-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 9 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Status out of date: last check 31 h ago returned HTTP 405 | no remote endpoint we check |
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 MCP Server
Firecrawl, the context API for AI agents: search, scrape, interact with the web, plus paper search.
io.github.rajanrengasamy/vidlens-mcp
YouTube intelligence layer for AI agents. 41 tools, 10 modules, zero config.
How to run each
Firecrawl MCP Server As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http firecrawl-mcp-server https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY (secret), Authorization header
io.github.rajanrengasamy/vidlens-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "GEMINI_API_KEY=<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>" --env "YOUTUBE_API_KEY=<YOUR_YOUTUBE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio vidlens-mcp -- npx -y vidlens-mcpRequires: GEMINI_API_KEY (secret), YOUTUBE_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Firecrawl MCP Server has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of io.github.rajanrengasamy/vidlens-mcp publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Firecrawl MCP Server asks for
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY (secret)FIRECRAWL_API_URL
Only io.github.rajanrengasamy/vidlens-mcp asks for
BRAVE_API_KEY (secret)GEMINI_API_KEY (secret)OPENAI_API_KEY (secret)SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY (secret)YOUTUBE_API_KEY (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Firecrawl MCP Server · What it can do: io.github.rajanrengasamy/vidlens-mcp · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. 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.