Hugging Face vs reapx scientific papers - arXiv, OpenAlex and Crossref
Hugging Face is an MCP server published by docker. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). reapx scientific papers - arXiv, OpenAlex and Crossref is an MCP server published by reapx.dev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: not stated No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed, marked deprecated Version: 1.0.0 No figure published 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 | Hugging Face | reapx scientific papers - arXiv, OpenAlex and Crossref |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (huggingface.co/mcp) | Remote server (mcp.apify.com) |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 4 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository | Not stated | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 37 h ago | not checked yet |
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
Hugging Face
Tools for interacting with Hugging Face models, datasets, research papers, and more.
reapx scientific papers - arXiv, OpenAlex and Crossref
Scrape arXiv, OpenAlex and Crossref papers by author, topic, journal or DOI. Pay per row.
How to run each
Hugging Face As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http hugging-face https://huggingface.co/mcpreapx scientific papers - arXiv, OpenAlex and Crossref
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Requires: Authorization header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Hugging Face has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of reapx scientific papers - arXiv, OpenAlex and Crossref 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: Hugging Face · What it can do: reapx scientific papers - arXiv, OpenAlex and Crossref · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.