Hacker News vs whatidid
Hacker News is an MCP server published by AayushBahukhandi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). whatidid is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by microsoft. 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 |  whatidid |
|---|---|---|
| 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: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 11 Stars (GitHub): 51 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 | whatidid |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 51 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 73 461 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 11 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| 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 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/aayushbahukhandi/hackernews-mcp | github.com/microsoft/what-i-did-copilot |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| 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.
whatidid
Turn your Copilot sessions into proof of impact — research-grounded HTML reports with effort estimation, skills analysis, and ROI metrics from local session logs.
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-mcpwhatidid
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 whatidid 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: whatidid · 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.