Comparison

Hyperbrowser vs io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server

Hyperbrowser is an MCP server published by hyperbrowserai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server is an MCP server published by brave. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	Hyperbrowser	io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:11ed80138c33 Forks (GitHub): 75 Pulls (Docker Hub): 41 371 Stars (Docker Hub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 789 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Listed Version: sha256:f58a5c22c119 Forks (GitHub): 210 Pulls (Docker Hub): 285 057 Stars (Docker Hub): 26 Stars (GitHub): 1 504 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 2.1.3 Downloads/month (npm): 104 628 Downloads/week (npm): 21 507 Forks (GitHub): 210 Stars (GitHub): 1 504 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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

Hyperbrowser vs io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Fact	Hyperbrowser	io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1 (worse)	2 (better)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	789 (worse)	1 504 (better)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	41 371 (worse)	285 057 (better)
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	75 (worse)	210 (better)
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/hyperbrowser)	Remote server or your machine
Transport (differs)	stdio	stdio, Streamable HTTP
Tools it declares (differs)	10	8
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	1, secrets among them: 1	2, secrets among them: 1
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/hyperbrowserai/mcp	github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
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 3 days ago, requires a key

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

Hyperbrowser

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

A MCP server implementation for hyperbrowser.

io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Brave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.

How to run each

Hyperbrowser As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "HYPERBROWSER_API_KEY=<YOUR_HYPERBROWSER_API_KEY>" --transport stdio hyperbrowser -- docker run -i --rm -e HYPERBROWSER_API_KEY mcp/hyperbrowser

Requires: HYPERBROWSER_API_KEY (secret)

io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "BRAVE_API_KEY=<YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio brave-search-mcp-server -- npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-server

Requires: BRAVE_API_KEY (secret)

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

Only io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints

Tools each declares

Only Hyperbrowser declares

browser_use_agent
claude_computer_use_agent
crawl_webpages
create_profile
delete_profile
extract_structured_data
list_profiles
openai_computer_use_agent
scrape_webpage
search_with_bing

Only io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server declares

brave_image_search
brave_llm_context
brave_local_search
brave_news_search
brave_place_search
brave_summarizer
brave_video_search
brave_web_search

Both declare

None

Tool names as each marketplace publishes them. More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.

Settings each asks for

Only Hyperbrowser asks for

HYPERBROWSER_API_KEY (secret)

Only io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server asks for

BRAVE_API_KEY (secret)
BRAVE_MCP_TRANSPORT

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

What it can do: Hyperbrowser · What it can do: io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server · 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 2026-10-17. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.