Comparison

Needle vs Linkame

Needle is an MCP server published by needle-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Docker MCP Catalog, Official MCP Registry). Linkame is an MCP server published by ohdonpiano. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-07. 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	Needle	Linkame
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:d3fd314f40c3 Forks (GitHub): 24 Pulls (Docker Hub): 12 143 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 104 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 24 Stars (GitHub): 104 Not marked · First seen 2026-11-04	Listed Version: 0.8.0 No figure published Not marked · First seen 2026-10-22

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

Needle vs Linkame
Fact	Needle	Linkame
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	2 (better)	1 (worse)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	104	No figure on GitHub
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	12 143	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	24	No figure on GitHub
Last release (differs)	2026-11-06 (better)	2026-10-23 (worse)
Where it runs (differs)	Remote server or your machine	Remote server (linkame.events/mcp)
Transport (differs)	stdio, Streamable HTTP	Streamable HTTP
Tools it declares (differs)	7	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	1, secrets among them: 1	Not published
Licence	Not stated	Not stated
Repository (differs)	github.com/needle-ai/needle-mcp	github.com/ohdonpiano/linkame
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	5	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-11	2026-10-22
Endpoint at the last check (differs)	Responded 5 h ago, requires authentication	Status out of date: last check 41 h ago returned HTTP 200

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

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

Production-ready RAG service to search and retrieve data from your documents.

Linkame

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Access authorized Linkame contacts, profiles, events, tickets and matching results.

How to run each

Needle As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

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-mcp

Requires: NEEDLE_API_KEY (secret)

Linkame As a remote MCP server

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http linkame https://linkame.events/mcp

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Both endpoints responded at the last daily check. How we check endpoints

Tools each declares

Only Needle has

needle_add_file
needle_create_collection
needle_get_collection_details
needle_get_collection_stats
needle_list_collections
needle_list_files
needle_search

Only Linkame has

account.get_current_user
contacts.add_note
contacts.get
contacts.get_timeline
contacts.list_groups
contacts.search
events.get
events.get_matching_results
events.get_matching_status
events.get_my_ticket
events.list
events.list_my_registrations

Show the remaining 13

events.list_my_tickets
organizer.events.get_dashboard
organizer.events.get_matching_status
organizer.events.get_registrations
organizer.events.get_sessions
organizer.events.get_support_ticket
organizer.events.get_support_tickets
organizer.events.get_ticketing_summary
organizer.events.list_managed
organizer.events.reply_support_ticket
organizer.events.update_support_ticket_status
organizer.support_tickets.list_all
profile.get_me

Both have

None

Tool names as the marketplaces declare them and as Ext Ops observed them on the endpoints (Linkame as of 2026-11-05). More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of Linkame publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: Needle · What it can do: Linkame · 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 2026-11-07. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.