Telnyx vs phone-sms
Telnyx is an MCP server published by docker. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). phone-sms is an MCP server published by h-3303. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. 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 |  Telnyx |  phone-sms |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: not stated No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 132 Downloads/week (PyPI): 25 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | Telnyx | phone-sms |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (api.telnyx.com/v2/mcp) | On your machine (phone-sms) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Repository (differs) | Not stated | github.com/h-3303/phone-sms |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Answered with HTTP 404 (3 days ago) | no remote endpoint we check |
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
Telnyx
Enables interaction with powerful telephony, messaging, and AI assistant APIs.
phone-sms
Read and send SMS through your own Android phone over KDE Connect on your LAN. No cloud relay.
How to run each
Telnyx As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http telnyx https://api.telnyx.com/v2/mcpRequires: TELNYX_API_KEY (secret)
phone-sms As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio phone-sms -- uvx phone-smsCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Telnyx 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
Only Telnyx asks for
TELNYX_API_KEY (secret)
Only phone-sms asks for
PHONE_SMS_DEVICE
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Telnyx · What it can do: phone-sms · 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. 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.