Comparison

Temporal vs Redis MCP Server

Temporal is an MCP server published by GethosTheWalrus. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Redis MCP Server is an MCP server published by redis. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, PyPI (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. 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	Temporal	Redis MCP Server
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:24aeaca7c458 Forks (GitHub): 20 Pulls (Docker Hub): 41 691 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 62 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Listed Version: sha256:e886a7e9990a Forks (GitHub): 120 Pulls (Docker Hub): 154 771 Stars (Docker Hub): 14 Stars (GitHub): 639 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.5.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 15 577 Downloads/week (PyPI): 4 004 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
PyPI (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.5.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 15 577 Downloads/week (PyPI): 4 004 Forks (GitHub): 120 Stars (GitHub): 639 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-13

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

Temporal vs Redis MCP Server
Fact	Temporal	Redis MCP Server
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1 (worse)	3 (better)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	62 (worse)	639 (better)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	41 691 (worse)	154 771 (better)
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	20 (worse)	120 (better)
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/temporal)	On your machine (redis-mcp-server)
Transport	stdio	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	29	53
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	6, secrets among them: 1	11, secrets among them: 1
Licence (differs)	Apache-2.0	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/gethosthewalrus/temporal-mcp	github.com/redis/mcp-redis
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	0	1
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

Temporal

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

Manage Temporal workflows, schedules, namespaces, task queues, and workflow execution history from MCP clients.

Redis MCP Server

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Natural language interface designed for agentic applications to manage and search data in Redis.

How to run each

Temporal As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "TEMPORAL_API_KEY=<YOUR_TEMPORAL_API_KEY>" --transport stdio temporal -- docker run -i --rm -e TEMPORAL_API_KEY mcp/temporal

Requires: TEMPORAL_API_KEY (secret)

Redis MCP Server As a local MCP server: PyPI package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-redis -- uvx redis-mcp-server

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

Tools each declares

Only Temporal declares

batch_cancel
batch_cancel_activities
batch_signal
batch_terminate
batch_terminate_activities
cancel_activity
cancel_workflow
continue_as_new
count_activities
create_schedule
delete_schedule
describe_activity

Show the remaining 17

describe_workflow
execute_activity
get_activity_result
get_workflow_history
get_workflow_result
list_activities
list_schedules
list_workflows
pause_schedule
query_workflow
signal_workflow
start_activity
start_workflow
terminate_activity
terminate_workflow
trigger_schedule
unpause_schedule

Only Redis MCP Server declares

client_list
create_vector_index_hash
dbsize
delete
expire
get
get_index_info
get_indexed_keys_number
get_indexes
get_vector_from_hash
hdel
hexists

Show the remaining 41

hget
hgetall
hset
hybrid_search
info
json_del
json_get
json_set
llen
lpop
lpush
lrange
lrem
psubscribe
publish
read_messages
rename
rpop
rpush
sadd
scan_all_keys
scan_keys
search_redis_documents
set
set_vector_in_hash
smembers
srem
subscribe
type
unsubscribe
vector_search_hash
xack
xadd
xdel
xgroup_create
xgroup_destroy
xrange
xreadgroup
zadd
zrange
zrem

Both declare

None

Tool names as each marketplace publishes them. More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.

Settings each asks for

Only Temporal asks for

TEMPORAL_API_KEY (secret)
TEMPORAL_HOST
TEMPORAL_NAMESPACE
TEMPORAL_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH
TEMPORAL_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH
TEMPORAL_TLS_ENABLED

Only Redis MCP Server asks for

REDIS_CA_CERTS
REDIS_CA_PATH
REDIS_CERT_REQS
REDIS_CLUSTER_MODE
REDIS_HOST
REDIS_PORT
REDIS_PWD (secret)
REDIS_SSL
REDIS_SSL_CERTFILE
REDIS_SSL_KEYFILE
REDIS_USERNAME

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

What it can do: Temporal · What it can do: Redis MCP Server · 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. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-24. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.