Google Maps (Archived) vs SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You
Google Maps (Archived) is an MCP server published by modelcontextprotocol. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You is an MCP server published by darshjoshi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. 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 Maps (Archived) |  SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:d8652c8c9c52 Forks (GitHub): 11 780 Pulls (Docker Hub): 83 537 Stars (Docker Hub): 16 Stars (GitHub): 91 180 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 64 Downloads/week (PyPI): 30 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 Maps (Archived) | SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 91 180 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 83 537 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 11 780 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/google-maps) | On your machine (skyglance) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 7 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 3, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | NOASSERTION | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers | github.com/darshjoshi/skyglance-mcp |
| 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.
What each says it does
Google Maps (Archived)
Tools for interacting with the Google Maps API.
SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You
What's flying above you: live aircraft, identity, routes, and your own sighting history.
How to run each
Google Maps (Archived) As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=<YOUR_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY>" --transport stdio google-maps -- docker run -i --rm -e GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY mcp/google-mapsRequires: GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY (secret)
SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio skyglance -- uvx skyglanceCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Google Maps (Archived) asks for
GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY (secret)
Only SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You asks for
SKYGLANCE_HOME_LATSKYGLANCE_HOME_LONSKYGLANCE_POLL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Google Maps (Archived) · What it can do: SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You · 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 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.