Markitdown vs llm-wiki
Markitdown is an MCP server published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). llm-wiki is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Alireza Rezvani. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-10. 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 |  Markitdown | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:9cb5f26d30b6 Forks (GitHub): 14 681 Pulls (Docker Hub): 169 885 Stars (Docker Hub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 194 704 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace alirezarezvani/claude-skills | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.14.5 Forks (GitHub): 4 090 Stars (GitHub): 29 522 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 | Markitdown | llm-wiki |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 194 704 (better) | 29 522 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 169 885 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 14 681 (better) | 4 090 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-31 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/markitdown) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 9 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/microsoft/markitdown | github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| 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
Markitdown
A lightweight MCP server for calling MarkItDown.
llm-wiki
A second brain for Claude Code + Obsidian inspired by Karpathy's LLM Wiki gist. Turn any LLM CLI into a disciplined wiki maintainer: incrementally ingest sources into a persistent, interlinked markdown vault; update entity/concept/source pages; flag contradictions; maintain index and append-only log. Knowledge compounds instead of being re-derived by RAG on every query. Ships 3 sub-agents (wiki-ingestor, wiki-librarian, wiki-linter), 5 slash commands (/wiki-init, /wiki-ingest, /wiki-query, /wiki-lint, /wiki-log), 8 Python tools (stdlib only: init_vault, ingest_source, update_index, append_log, wiki_search BM25, lint_wiki, graph_analyzer, export_marp), 8 reference docs, full vault templates (CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, cursorrules, 5 page templates), and a worked example vault. Cross-tool compatible with Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, Antigravity, OpenCode, and Gemini CLI.
How to run each
Markitdown As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio markitdown -- docker run -i --rm mcp/markitdownllm-wiki As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills
/plugin install llm-wiki@claude-code-skillsCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of llm-wiki 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: Markitdown · What it can do: llm-wiki · 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.