Hacker News vs cache-stats
Hacker News is an MCP server published by AayushBahukhandi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). cache-stats is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by arafattehsin. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). 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 |  Hacker News |  cache-stats |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:2e5c5cc89490 Forks (GitHub): 1 Pulls (Docker Hub): 73 461 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.2 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | Hacker News | cache-stats |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 73 461 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/hackernews-mcp) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 4 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/aayushbahukhandi/hackernews-mcp | github.com/arafattehsin/cache-stats-extension |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| 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
Hacker News
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to Hacker News stories, comments, and user data, with support for search and content retrieval.
cache-stats
Shows live prompt-cache reuse, expiry, token composition, and AI Credit cost for the current GitHub Copilot session without making model calls.
How to run each
Hacker News As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-hackernews -- docker run -i --rm mcp/hackernews-mcpcache-stats
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 cache-stats 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: Hacker News · What it can do: cache-stats · 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/github/awesome-copilot/blob/HEAD/.github/plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.