Markdownify vs notes-to-video
Markdownify is an MCP server published by zcaceres. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). notes-to-video is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by cymcymcymcym. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). 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 |   Markdownify |  notes-to-video |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:afa1ab8e1563 Forks (GitHub): 255 Pulls (Docker Hub): 72 816 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 2 997 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 5 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 | Markdownify | notes-to-video |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 997 (better) | 5 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 72 816 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 255 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/markdownify) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 11 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 1 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/zcaceres/markdownify-mcp | github.com/cymcymcymcym/notes-to-video |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| 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
Markdownify
A Model Context Protocol server for converting almost anything to Markdown.
notes-to-video
Turn lecture notes (PDF, LaTeX, markdown) into animated 3Blue1Brown-style explainer videos. Handles the full pipeline: content extraction, narration writing with cue-based audio-video sync, Manim scene generation, validation, rendering, and composition. Four TTS backends including free Edge-TTS. Cross-platform (Linux/macOS/Windows), no GPU required by default.
How to run each
Markdownify As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio markdownify -- docker run -i --rm mcp/markdownifynotes-to-video As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install notes-to-video@claude-communityCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of notes-to-video 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: Markdownify · What it can do: notes-to-video · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.