Needle vs sk-eli-mcp
Needle is an MCP server published by needle-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). sk-eli-mcp is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Wieslaw Mazur / MateMatic Solutions. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. 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 |  Needle | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:d3fd314f40c3 Forks (GitHub): 24 Pulls (Docker Hub): 11 600 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 103 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace matematicsolutions/sk-eli-mcp | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.3 No figure published 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 | sk-eli-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 103 | No figure on GitHub |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 11 600 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 24 | No figure on GitHub |
| 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 | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 1 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/needle-ai/needle-mcp | github.com/matematicsolutions/sk-eli-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-13 |
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
Needle
Production-ready RAG service to search and retrieve data from your documents.
sk-eli-mcp
Slovak legislation (Zbierka zakonov, Slov-Lex) with national ELI identifiers.
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)
sk-eli-mcp As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add matematicsolutions/sk-eli-mcp
/plugin install sk-eli-mcp@sk-eli-mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of sk-eli-mcp publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Needle asks for
NEEDLE_API_KEY (secret)
Only sk-eli-mcp asks for
SK_ELI_RUNTIME_URL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Needle · What it can do: sk-eli-mcp · 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.