JetBrains vs mcp-debugger
JetBrains is an MCP server published by GannaChernyshova. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). mcp-debugger is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by bherbruck. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). 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 |   JetBrains | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:a662cac15c5d Forks (GitHub): 7 Pulls (Docker Hub): 59 098 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 9 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace bherbruck/mcp-debugger | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.2.0 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 | JetBrains | mcp-debugger |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 | No figure on GitHub |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 59 098 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/jetbrains) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 30 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | 1, secrets among them: 0 | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 5 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/gannachernyshova/mcp-jetbrains | github.com/bherbruck/mcp-debugger |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-14 |
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
JetBrains
A model context protocol server to work with JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, etc. Also, works with Android Studio.
mcp-debugger
Multi-language debugging via DAP - debug Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, and Rust
How to run each
JetBrains As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio jetbrains -- docker run -i --rm mcp/jetbrainsmcp-debugger As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add bherbruck/mcp-debugger
/plugin install mcp-debugger@mcp-debuggerCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of mcp-debugger publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only JetBrains asks for
IDE_PORT
Only mcp-debugger asks for
NODE_ENV
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: JetBrains · What it can do: mcp-debugger · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.