Novita vs mlx-vlm-skills
Novita is an MCP server published by novitalabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). mlx-vlm-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by MLX-VLM contributors. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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 |  Novita | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:ddc904348d9e Forks (GitHub): 9 Pulls (Docker Hub): 10 527 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 12 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace blaizzy/mlx-vlm | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 843 Stars (GitHub): 5 640 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 | Novita | mlx-vlm-skills |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 12 (worse) | 5 640 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 10 527 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 9 (worse) | 843 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/novita) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 20 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 8 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/novitalabs/novita-mcp-server | github.com/blaizzy/mlx-vlm |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
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
Novita
Seamless interaction with Novita AI platform resources.
mlx-vlm-skills
Skills for MLX-VLM: command-line and server inference, convert/quantize, adding new models, benchmarking, contributing, cached-model listing, and reproducible GitHub issues.
How to run each
Novita As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio novita -- docker run -i --rm mcp/novitamlx-vlm-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add blaizzy/mlx-vlm
/plugin install mlx-vlm-skills@mlx-vlmCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of mlx-vlm-skills publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of mlx-vlm-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Novita · What it can do: mlx-vlm-skills · 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.