Google Flights vs travel-hacker
Google Flights is an MCP server published by kgprs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). travel-hacker is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Michael Borohovski. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-15. 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 |  Google Flights | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:8ecfd55f5aff Forks (GitHub): 0 Pulls (Docker Hub): 28 260 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace borski/travel-hacking-toolkit | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 76 Stars (GitHub): 697 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 | Google Flights | travel-hacker |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 697 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 28 260 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 76 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/google-flights) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 3 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 7 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/kgprs/google-flights-mcp-server | github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit |
| 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
Google Flights
Interact with Google Flights data to search for one-way, round-trip, and date range flight options between airports.
travel-hacker
AI-powered travel hacking with points, miles, and award flights. 42 skills + 6 MCP servers for flight search, hotel comparison, loyalty balance tracking, and award optimization across 27 mileage programs.
How to run each
Google Flights As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio google-flights -- docker run -i --rm mcp/google-flightstravel-hacker As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit
/plugin install travel-hacker@borskiCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of travel-hacker 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: Google Flights · What it can do: travel-hacker · 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.