Comparison

Handwriting OCR vs io.github.zp130221/pdfedit-mcp

Handwriting OCR is an MCP server published by Handwriting-OCR. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). io.github.zp130221/pdfedit-mcp is an MCP server published by zp130221. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-11. 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	Handwriting OCR	io.github.zp130221/pdfedit-mcp
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:141e2e00e706 Forks (GitHub): 7 Pulls (Docker Hub): 19 363 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 18 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.1.10 Downloads/month (npm): 1 999 Downloads/week (npm): 1 160 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-16
npm registry (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.1.15 Downloads/month (npm): 1 999 Downloads/week (npm): 1 160 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-18

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

Handwriting OCR vs io.github.zp130221/pdfedit-mcp
Fact	Handwriting OCR	io.github.zp130221/pdfedit-mcp
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1 (worse)	2 (better)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	18 (better)	0 (worse)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	19 363	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	7 (better)	0 (worse)
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-11-10
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/handwriting-ocr)	Remote server or your machine
Transport (differs)	stdio	Streamable HTTP
Tools it declares (differs)	3	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	1, secrets among them: 1	2, secrets among them: 1
Licence (differs)	Not stated	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/handwriting-ocr/handwriting-ocr-mcp-server	github.com/zp130221/pdfedit-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	0	2
First seen (differs)	2026-10-11	2026-10-16
Endpoint at the last check (differs)	no remote endpoint we check	Responded 20 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

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for Handwriting OCR.

io.github.zp130221/pdfedit-mcp

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Edit text inside existing PDFs: replace, delete, redact, insert, fill forms; original fonts kept.

How to run each

Handwriting OCR As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "API_TOKEN=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>" --transport stdio handwriting-ocr -- docker run -i --rm -e API_TOKEN mcp/handwriting-ocr

Requires: API_TOKEN (secret)

io.github.zp130221/pdfedit-mcp As a remote MCP server

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http pdfedit-mcp https://pdfedit-mcp-remote.niubai-pdfedit-remote-worker.workers.dev/mcp

Requires: PDFEDIT_API_KEY (secret)

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Only io.github.zp130221/pdfedit-mcp has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints

Tools each declares

Only Handwriting OCR has

check_status
get_text
upload_document

Only io.github.zp130221/pdfedit-mcp has

pdf_batch
pdf_edit
pdf_find
pdf_job
pdf_preview

Both have

None

Tool names as the marketplaces declare them and as Ext Ops observed them on the endpoints (io.github.zp130221/pdfedit-mcp as of 2026-10-22). More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.

Settings each asks for

Only Handwriting OCR asks for

API_TOKEN (secret)

Only io.github.zp130221/pdfedit-mcp asks for

PDFEDIT_API_KEY (secret)
PDFEDIT_BASE_URL

Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.

What it can do: Handwriting OCR · What it can do: io.github.zp130221/pdfedit-mcp · 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. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-11-11. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.