Comparison

Hyperbrowser vs CloakBrowser MCP

Hyperbrowser is an MCP server published by hyperbrowserai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). CloakBrowser MCP is an MCP server published by swimmwatch. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	Hyperbrowser	CloakBrowser MCP
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:11ed80138c33 Forks (GitHub): 75 Pulls (Docker Hub): 41 173 Stars (Docker Hub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 789 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.14.1 Downloads/month (npm): 2 168 Downloads/week (npm): 342 Forks (GitHub): 19 Stars (GitHub): 165 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 CloakBrowser MCP
Fact	Hyperbrowser	CloakBrowser MCP
Marketplaces that list it	1	1
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	789 (better)	165 (worse)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	41 173	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	75 (better)	19 (worse)
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/hyperbrowser)	On your machine (cloakbrowser-mcp)
Transport	stdio	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	10	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	1, secrets among them: 1	19, secrets among them: 1
Licence (differs)	MIT	Not stated
Repository (differs)	github.com/hyperbrowserai/mcp	github.com/swimmwatch/cloakbrowser-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
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

Hyperbrowser

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

A MCP server implementation for hyperbrowser.

CloakBrowser MCP

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Playwright MCP-compatible browser automation bridge for CloakBrowser Chromium.

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)

CloakBrowser MCP As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_AUTH_TOKEN=<YOUR_CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_AUTH_TOKEN>" --transport stdio cloakbrowser-mcp -- npx -y cloakbrowser-mcp

Requires: CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_AUTH_TOKEN (secret)

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

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of CloakBrowser MCP publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

Only Hyperbrowser asks for

HYPERBROWSER_API_KEY (secret)

Only CloakBrowser MCP asks for

CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CONSOLE_FALLBACK
CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CONTEXT_OPTIONS
CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_EXTENSION_PATHS
CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_EXTRA_ARGS
CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_GEOIP_PROXY_MATCH
CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_AUTH_TOKEN (secret)
CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT
CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_HOST
CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_PORT
CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_SESSION_BACKEND
CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_SESSION_IDLE_TTL_MS
CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_SESSION_MAX

Show the remaining 7

PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_BROWSER_ENGINE
PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CODEGEN
PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HEADLESS
PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR
PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_SNAPSHOT_BOXES
PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_TIMEOUT_SETTLE
PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_USER_DATA_DIR

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

What it can do: Hyperbrowser · What it can do: CloakBrowser 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-14. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.