Comparison

API Gateway vs io.github.cyanheads/chembl-mcp-server

API Gateway is an MCP server published by rflpazini. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). io.github.cyanheads/chembl-mcp-server is an MCP server published by cyanheads. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-23. 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	API Gateway	io.github.cyanheads/chembl-mcp-server
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:9cc67b4a037f Forks (GitHub): 12 Pulls (Docker Hub): 59 119 Stars (Docker Hub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 44 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.4.0 Downloads/month (npm): 1 215 Downloads/week (npm): 344 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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

API Gateway vs io.github.cyanheads/chembl-mcp-server
Fact	API Gateway	io.github.cyanheads/chembl-mcp-server
Marketplaces that list it	1	1
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	44 (better)	1 (worse)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	59 119	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	12 (better)	0 (worse)
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-18
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/api-gateway)	Remote server (chembl.caseyjhand.com/mcp)
Transport (differs)	stdio	Streamable HTTP
Tools it declares (differs)	2	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	3, secrets among them: 0	15, secrets among them: 0
Licence	Not stated	Not stated
Repository (differs)	github.com/rflpazini/mcp-api-gateway	github.com/cyanheads/chembl-mcp-server
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	0	2
First seen	2026-10-11	2026-10-11
Endpoint at the last check (differs)	no remote endpoint we check	Responded 6 days 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

API Gateway

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

A universal MCP (Model Context Protocol) server to integrate any API with Claude Desktop using only Docker configurations.

io.github.cyanheads/chembl-mcp-server

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Link compounds to protein targets, rank bioactivity, and look up drug mechanisms and indications.

How to run each

API Gateway As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-api-gateway -- docker run -i --rm mcp/api-gateway

io.github.cyanheads/chembl-mcp-server As a remote MCP server

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http chembl-mcp-server https://chembl.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Only io.github.cyanheads/chembl-mcp-server has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of io.github.cyanheads/chembl-mcp-server publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

Only API Gateway asks for

API_1_HEADER_AUTHORIZATION
API_1_NAME
API_1_SWAGGER_URL

Only io.github.cyanheads/chembl-mcp-server asks for

CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE
CHEMBL_API_BASE_URL
CHEMBL_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED
CHEMBL_DEFAULT_LIMIT
CHEMBL_MAX_CONCURRENT_PAGES
CHEMBL_MAX_PAGE_SIZE
CHEMBL_MAX_SPILL_ROWS
CHEMBL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS
CHEMBL_SPILL_DEADLINE_MS
MCP_AUTH_MODE
MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH
MCP_HTTP_HOST

Show the remaining 3

MCP_HTTP_PORT
MCP_LOG_LEVEL
MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE

Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.

What it can do: API Gateway · What it can do: io.github.cyanheads/chembl-mcp-server · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-23. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.