Comparison

Perplexity API Platform vs io.github.IvanBBaev/x-mcp-ai

Perplexity API Platform is an MCP server published by perplexity.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, Community GitHub marketplaces). io.github.IvanBBaev/x-mcp-ai is an MCP server published by IvanBBaev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-18. 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	Perplexity API Platform	io.github.IvanBBaev/x-mcp-ai
Official MCP Registry	Listed Version: 1.2.1 Downloads/month (npm): 102 467 Downloads/week (npm): 16 084 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Listed Version: 0.8.0 Downloads/month (npm): 188 Downloads/week (npm): 35 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:7816f45a6f26 Forks (GitHub): 382 Pulls (Docker Hub): 80 305 Stars (Docker Hub): 17 Stars (GitHub): 2 576 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed

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

Perplexity API Platform vs io.github.IvanBBaev/x-mcp-ai
Fact	Perplexity API Platform	io.github.IvanBBaev/x-mcp-ai
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	3 (better)	1 (worse)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	2 576 (better)	1 (worse)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	80 305	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	382 (better)	0 (worse)
Last release (differs)	2026-10-17	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (@perplexity-ai/mcp-server)	On your machine (x-mcp-ai)
Transport	stdio	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	3	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	2, secrets among them: 1	18, secrets among them: 2
Parts of the bundle (differs)	1	Not a bundle
Licence (differs)	MIT	Not stated
Repository (differs)	github.com/ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol	github.com/ivanbbaev/x-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	4	0
First seen	2026-10-11	2026-10-11

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

Perplexity API Platform

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API

io.github.IvanBBaev/x-mcp-ai

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Safety-first X (Twitter) API v2 MCP server: 41 typed tools across 12 packages, policy-gated.

How to run each

Perplexity API Platform As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio perplexity-api-platform -- npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-server

io.github.IvanBBaev/x-mcp-ai As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "X_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN=<YOUR_X_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN>" --env "X_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_X_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET>" --transport stdio x-mcp-ai -- npx -y x-mcp-ai

Requires: X_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN (secret), X_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET (secret)

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

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of io.github.IvanBBaev/x-mcp-ai publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

Only Perplexity API Platform asks for

PERPLEXITY_API_KEY (secret)
PERPLEXITY_TIMEOUT_MS

Only io.github.IvanBBaev/x-mcp-ai asks for

X_MCP_AUTH_MODE
X_MCP_AVAILABILITY
X_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN (secret)
X_MCP_BUDGET_MODE
X_MCP_CLIENT_ID
X_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET (secret)
X_MCP_CREDIT_BUDGET
X_MCP_HIDE_DENIED
X_MCP_LOG_LEVEL
X_MCP_MEDIA_DIR
X_MCP_POLICY
X_MCP_POLICY_ALLOW

Show the remaining 6

X_MCP_POLICY_DENY
X_MCP_PROFILE
X_MCP_PROFILES_FILE
X_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS
X_MCP_TOKEN_FILE
X_MCP_TOKEN_KEYCHAIN

Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.

What it can do: Perplexity API Platform · What it can do: io.github.IvanBBaev/x-mcp-ai · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. 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 2026-10-18. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.