Hacker News vs Reddit Scraper (Apify) – posts, comments, search, users, subreddits
Hacker News is an MCP server published by AayushBahukhandi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Reddit Scraper (Apify) – posts, comments, search, users, subreddits is an MCP server published by harshmaur. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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 |  Reddit Scraper (Apify) – posts, comments, search, users, subreddits |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:2e5c5cc89490 Forks (GitHub): 1 Pulls (Docker Hub): 73 495 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 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 | Reddit Scraper (Apify) – posts, comments, search, users, subreddits |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 73 495 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) | 1 | 1 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-15 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/hackernews-mcp) | Remote server (mcp.apify.com) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 4 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/aayushbahukhandi/hackernews-mcp | github.com/harshmaur/reddit-scraper-pro-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | not checked yet |
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.
Reddit Scraper (Apify) – posts, comments, search, users, subreddits
Reddit posts, comments, search, users & subreddits as JSON via Apify. No Reddit API key. $2/1k
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-mcpReddit Scraper (Apify) – posts, comments, search, users, subreddits
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Requires: APIFY_TOKEN (secret), Authorization header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Reddit Scraper (Apify) – posts, comments, search, users, subreddits publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Hacker News publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Hacker News · What it can do: Reddit Scraper (Apify) – posts, comments, search, users, subreddits · 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 . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.