Needle vs word
word is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑16.
Needle is an MCP server published by needle-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). word is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by angri450. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Needle | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:d3fd314f40c3 Forks (GitHub): 24 Pulls (Docker Hub): 11 833 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 104 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace angri450/nong.toolkit.net | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-16 Version: 2.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | Needle | wordno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 104 | 1 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 11 833 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 24 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/needle-mcp) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 7 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/needle-ai/needle-mcp | github.com/angri450/nong.toolkit.net |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of word
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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AI-native surgical editing of Word .docx and OpenDocument .odt files with formatting preservation
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DOCX document creation, editing, and redlining with tracked changes, comments, and OOXML validation
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Create, edit, and analyze PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files
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Official Anthropic skills for PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files.
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Read, create, and modify Microsoft Word documents
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Microsoft Word automation for AI assistants. Requires Word for Windows.
What each says it does
Needle
Production-ready RAG service to search and retrieve data from your documents.
word
Word document workflows through nong CLI — check, create, read, dissect, db-import/list/blocks/images, render-preview, compare, to-pdf, format-gongwen, table-reflow, merge, protect
How to run each
Needle As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "NEEDLE_API_KEY=<YOUR_NEEDLE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio needle-mcp -- docker run -i --rm -e NEEDLE_API_KEY mcp/needle-mcpRequires: NEEDLE_API_KEY (secret)
word
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 word publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of word publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Needle · What it can do: word · 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.