Handwriting OCR vs mineru-document-extraction
Handwriting OCR is an MCP server published by Handwriting-OCR. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). mineru-document-extraction is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by decrystal. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 |  Handwriting OCR |  mineru-document-extraction |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:141e2e00e706 Forks (GitHub): 7 Pulls (Docker Hub): 18 839 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 17 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 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 | Handwriting OCR | mineru-document-extraction |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 17 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 18 839 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/handwriting-ocr) | Remote server (mcp.mineru.net/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 3 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/handwriting-ocr/handwriting-ocr-mcp-server | github.com/decrystal/mineru-claude-plugin |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 16 h ago |
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
Handwriting OCR
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for Handwriting OCR.
mineru-document-extraction
MinerU document extraction — convert PDFs, scanned documents, images, Word (DOC/DOCX), PowerPoint (PPT/PPTX), and web pages into clean Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, or DOCX. MinerU is an all-in-one CLI tool and agent skill for reliable, high-fidelity document parsing.
How to run each
Handwriting OCR As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "API_TOKEN=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>" --transport stdio handwriting-ocr -- docker run -i --rm -e API_TOKEN mcp/handwriting-ocrRequires: API_TOKEN (secret)
mineru-document-extraction As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install mineru-document-extraction@claude-communityCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only mineru-document-extraction has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of mineru-document-extraction publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Handwriting OCR asks for
API_TOKEN (secret)
Only mineru-document-extraction asks for
MINERU_API_TOKEN (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Handwriting OCR · What it can do: mineru-document-extraction · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.