Markitdown vs markdown-html-skills
Markitdown is an MCP server published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). markdown-html-skills 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 2026-10-14. 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 |  Markitdown | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:9cb5f26d30b6 Forks (GitHub): 14 137 Pulls (Docker Hub): 157 779 Stars (Docker Hub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 189 990 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace alirezarezvani/claude-skills | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.10.3 Forks (GitHub): 3 939 Stars (GitHub): 28 149 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 | markdown-html-skills |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 189 990 (better) | 28 149 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 157 779 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 14 137 (better) | 3 939 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| 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 | 12 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/microsoft/markitdown | github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills |
| 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
Markitdown
A lightweight MCP server for calling MarkItDown.
markdown-html-skills
Convert long markdown files into world-class single-file interactive HTML — DOMAIN COMPLETE at v2.10.3 (5 skills). v2.10.3 adds md-slides, the slide-deck converter (arrow/Space/PgDn/Home/End/P navigation, presenter mode with clock + speaker notes + next-slide preview, URL-hash deep linking, @media print page-per-slide for browser-native PDF export; vanilla JS only; Prism.js opt-in via --syntax). Joins md-review (v2.10.2 code-review converter: 2-col diff, severity-tagged margin annotations, WCAG-1.4.1 badges, named reviewer footer), md-document (v2.10.1 long-form: sticky TOC, scrollspy, search, code-copy, Prism autoloader), markdown-html-orchestrator (v2.10.0 context: fork; deterministic doc-type classifier), and design-system (v2.10.0 onboarding wizard; WCAG-AA 12-token palette). 15 stdlib-only Python tools, 15 references, 4 template assets. Inspired by Thariq Shihipar's Claude Code HTML output essay.
How to run each
Markitdown As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio markitdown -- docker run -i --rm mcp/markitdownmarkdown-html-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills
/plugin install markdown-html-skills@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 markdown-html-skills 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: markdown-html-skills · 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.