Rube vs mcp-pulse
mcp-pulse is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑16.
Rube is an MCP server published by docker. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). mcp-pulse is an MCP server published by ondraulehla. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Rube | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: not stated No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-16 Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | Rube | mcp-pulseno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 1 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (rube.app/mcp) | Remote server (mcp-pulse.ulehla.dev/mcp) |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | Not stated | github.com/ondraulehla/mcp-pulse |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Not responding since 2026-10-14 | no remote endpoint we check |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of mcp-pulse
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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MCP Scan — weekly registry health scans
Weekly scans of MCP servers for availability and consistency, with a public dashboard.
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Meta-MCP gateway: search, inspect and call any MCP server from the public registries.
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Monitor MCP, CI, and HTTP targets with health history, TLS expiry, assertions, and diagnostics
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Search, vet & assemble MCP servers from your agent: verified tools, risk labels, and trust scores.
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Search and browse every MCP server in the Model Context Protocol registry.
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Real-time health monitoring and heartbeat tracking for agent services
What each says it does
Rube
Access to Rube's catalog of remote MCP servers.
mcp-pulse
Health and token cost of every remote MCP registry server, probed daily. Look up, search, or probe.
How to run each
Rube As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http rube https://rube.app/mcpRequires: RUBE_API_KEY (secret)
mcp-pulse
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Rube has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of mcp-pulse publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Rube · What it can do: mcp-pulse · 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 . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.