Markdownify vs macos-say
macos-say is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑21.
Markdownify is an MCP server published by zcaceres. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). macos-say is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by gabrielkoerich. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |   Markdownify | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:afa1ab8e1563 Forks (GitHub): 255 Pulls (Docker Hub): 73 140 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 2 997 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace gabrielkoerich/skills | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-21 Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 6 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 | macos-sayno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 997 | 6 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 73 140 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 255 | 0 |
| 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 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/zcaceres/markdownify-mcp | github.com/gabrielkoerich/skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-19 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of macos-say
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Reads text aloud locally on Windows, macOS, and Linux. No API key, account, or cloud service.
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This skill converts text to high-quality audio files using ElevenLabs API. Use this skill when users request text-to-spe
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Skills for preprocessing text for TTS engines — SSML conversion, ElevenLabs markup (grounded in live ElevenLabs prompting docs), TTS safety review, and manual prosody addition…
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Make audiobooks locally with Kokoro voices from your AI assistant. Nothing leaves your computer.
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Add Grok voice to an app: realtime speech-to-speech, speech-to-text dictation, text-to-speech read-aloud, and a log-driven fix loop for voice sessions.
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Give Claude Code a voice with multi-engine text-to-speech. Speaks responses aloud using 5 TTS engines (edge-tts, ElevenLabs, Kokoro, macOS say, espeak-ng). Free by default…
What each says it does
Markdownify
A Model Context Protocol server for converting almost anything to Markdown.
macos-say
Free offline text-to-speech on macOS with the built-in `say` command. Speak text aloud, narrate a file, or render speech to wav/m4a/aiff using system voices. No API key, no network, no cost. Use when asked to speak, read aloud, narrate, voice, or generate TTS audio.
How to run each
Markdownify As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio markdownify -- docker run -i --rm mcp/markdownifymacos-say
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of macos-say 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: macos-say · Compare two other plugins
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