Lara Translate vs Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries
Lara Translate is an MCP server published by translated. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries is an MCP server published by nicoletterankin. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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 |  Lara Translate |  Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:0424253c6b8f Forks (GitHub): 22 Pulls (Docker Hub): 19 020 Stars (Docker Hub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 100 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 6.3.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | Lara Translate | Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 100 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 19 020 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 22 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/lara) | Remote server (wordorb.ai/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 22 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/translated/lara-mcp | github.com/nicoletterankin/word-orb |
| 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 6 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
Lara Translate
Connect to Lara Translate API, enabling powerful translation capabilities with support for language detection and context-aware translations.
Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries
AI-assisted English lexical records. Stored-only batch lookup; coverage and quality vary.
How to run each
Lara Translate As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET=<YOUR_LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET>" --transport stdio lara -- docker run -i --rm -e LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET mcp/laraRequires: LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET (secret)
Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http orb-platform https://wordorb.ai/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: Authorization header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Lara Translate · What it can do: Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries · Compare two other plugins
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