Comparison

Ref - Up-To-Date Docs vs com.knitli/codeweaver

Ref - Up-To-Date Docs is an MCP server published by ref-tools. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). com.knitli/codeweaver is an MCP server published by knitli.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	Ref - Up-To-Date Docs	com.knitli/codeweaver
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:8b5fcfe3e4e1 Forks (GitHub): 71 Pulls (Docker Hub): 19 072 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 1 180 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.1.0-alpha.3 Downloads/month (PyPI): 146 Downloads/week (PyPI): 24 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 12 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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

Ref - Up-To-Date Docs vs com.knitli/codeweaver
Fact	Ref - Up-To-Date Docs	com.knitli/codeweaver
Marketplaces that list it	1	1
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	1 180 (better)	12 (worse)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	19 072	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	71 (better)	3 (worse)
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/ref-tools-mcp)	On your machine (code-weaver)
Transport	stdio	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	2	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	1, secrets among them: 1	57, secrets among them: 14
Licence (differs)	MIT	Not stated
Repository (differs)	github.com/ref-tools/ref-tools-mcp	github.com/knitli/codeweaver
Changes in the last 7 days	0	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

Ref - Up-To-Date Docs

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

Ref powerful search tool connets your coding tools with documentation context. It includes an up-to-date index of public documentation and it can ingest your private documentation (eg. GitHub repos, PDFs) as well.

com.knitli/codeweaver

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Semantic code search built for AI agents. Hybrid, AST-aware, context for 166 languages.

How to run each

Ref - Up-To-Date Docs As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "REF_API_KEY=<YOUR_REF_API_KEY>" --transport stdio ref -- docker run -i --rm -e REF_API_KEY mcp/ref-tools-mcp

Requires: REF_API_KEY (secret)

com.knitli/codeweaver As a local MCP server: PyPI package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=<YOUR_AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY>" --env "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>" --env "AZURE_COHERE_API_KEY=<YOUR_AZURE_COHERE_API_KEY>" --env "AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY>" --env "CODEWEAVER_EMBEDDING_API_KEY=<YOUR_CODEWEAVER_EMBEDDING_API_KEY>" --env "CODEWEAVER_RERANKING_API_KEY=<YOUR_CODEWEAVER_RERANKING_API_KEY>" --env "CODEWEAVER_VECTOR_STORE_API_KEY=<YOUR_CODEWEAVER_VECTOR_STORE_API_KEY>" --env "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=<YOUR_DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>" --env "INFERENCE_KEY=<YOUR_INFERENCE_KEY>" --env "OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>" --env "QDRANT__SERVICE__API_KEY=<YOUR_QDRANT__SERVICE__API_KEY>" --env "TOGETHER_API_KEY=<YOUR_TOGETHER_API_KEY>" --env "VERCEL_OIDC_TOKEN=<YOUR_VERCEL_OIDC_TOKEN>" --env "VOYAGE_API_KEY=<YOUR_VOYAGE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio codeweaver -- uvx code-weaver server --host 127.0.0.1 --port 9328 --transport streamable-http

Requires: AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY (secret), AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret), AZURE_COHERE_API_KEY (secret), AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY (secret), CODEWEAVER_EMBEDDING_API_KEY (secret), CODEWEAVER_RERANKING_API_KEY (secret), CODEWEAVER_VECTOR_STORE_API_KEY (secret), DEEPSEEK_API_KEY (secret), INFERENCE_KEY (secret), OPENAI_API_KEY (secret), QDRANT__SERVICE__API_KEY (secret), TOGETHER_API_KEY (secret), VERCEL_OIDC_TOKEN (secret), VOYAGE_API_KEY (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 com.knitli/codeweaver publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

Only Ref - Up-To-Date Docs asks for

REF_API_KEY (secret)

Only com.knitli/codeweaver asks for

AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY (secret)
AWS_ACCOUNT_ID
AWS_REGION
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret)
AZURE_COHERE_API_KEY (secret)
AZURE_COHERE_ENDPOINT
AZURE_COHERE_REGION
AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY (secret)
AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT
AZURE_OPENAI_REGION
CODEWEAVER_CONFIG_FILE
CODEWEAVER_DEBUG

Show the remaining 45

CODEWEAVER_EMBEDDING_API_KEY (secret)
CODEWEAVER_EMBEDDING_MODEL
CODEWEAVER_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER
CODEWEAVER_HOST
CODEWEAVER_LOG_LEVEL
CODEWEAVER_MCP_PORT
CODEWEAVER_PORT
CODEWEAVER_PROFILE
CODEWEAVER_PROJECT_NAME
CODEWEAVER_PROJECT_PATH
CODEWEAVER_RERANKING_API_KEY (secret)
CODEWEAVER_RERANKING_MODEL
CODEWEAVER_RERANKING_PROVIDER
CODEWEAVER_SPARSE_EMBEDDING_MODEL
CODEWEAVER_SPARSE_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER
CODEWEAVER_VECTOR_STORE_API_KEY (secret)
CODEWEAVER_VECTOR_STORE_PORT
CODEWEAVER_VECTOR_STORE_PROVIDER
CODEWEAVER_VECTOR_STORE_URL
CODEWEAVER__TELEMETRY__DISABLE_TELEMETRY
CODEWEAVER__TELEMETRY__TOOLS_OVER_PRIVACY
COHERE_API_KEY
CO_API_URL
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY (secret)
GEMINI_API_KEY
GOOGLE_API_KEY
HF_HUB_VERBOSITY
HF_TOKEN
HTTPS_PROXY
INFERENCE_KEY (secret)
INFERENCE_URL
MISTRAL_API_KEY
OPENAI_API_KEY (secret)
OPENAI_LOG
QDRANT__LOG_LEVEL
QDRANT__SERVICE__API_KEY (secret)
QDRANT__SERVICE__ENABLE_TLS
QDRANT__SERVICE__HOST
QDRANT__SERVICE__HTTP_PORT
QDRANT__TLS__CERT
SSL_CERT_FILE
TAVILY_API_KEY
TOGETHER_API_KEY (secret)
VERCEL_OIDC_TOKEN (secret)
VOYAGE_API_KEY (secret)

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

What it can do: Ref - Up-To-Date Docs · What it can do: com.knitli/codeweaver · Compare two other plugins

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