Comparison

Vectra AI RUX MCP Server vs malchela

Vectra AI RUX MCP Server is an MCP server published by vectra-ai-research. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). malchela is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by dwmetz. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-23. 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	Vectra AI RUX MCP Server	malchela
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:e079ffaf48e4 Forks (GitHub): 6 Pulls (Docker Hub): 11 794 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 6 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Claude Code: claude-plugins-community	Not listed	Listed Version: 13eabfe Forks (GitHub): 8 Stars (GitHub): 117 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

Vectra AI RUX MCP Server vs malchela
Fact	Vectra AI RUX MCP Server	malchela
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1 (worse)	2 (better)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	6 (worse)	117 (better)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	11 794	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	6 (worse)	8 (better)
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/vectra-ai-rux-mcp-server)	Installs as a plugin bundle
Transport (differs)	stdio	Not stated
Tools it declares (differs)	25	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	3, secrets among them: 1	1, secrets among them: 0
Parts of the bundle (differs)	Not a bundle	1
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/vectra-ai-research/vectra-ai-mcp-server	github.com/dwmetz/malchela
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	0	2
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

Vectra AI RUX MCP Server

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

Vectra AI MCP Server - An MCP server that connects AI assistants & agents to the Vectra AI security platform, enabling intelligent threat analysis and automated incident response.

malchela

In its own words, on Claude Code: claude-plugins-community:

MalChela is a Rust-based malware analysis toolkit for DFIR analysts and malware researchers. It exposes file triage, string extraction with IOC detection and MITRE ATT&CK mapping, YARA rule generation, hash lookup, VirusTotal and MalwareBazaar threat intel queries, and NSRL database checks — all accessible to Claude via MCP server integration.

How to run each

Vectra AI RUX MCP Server As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "VECTRA_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_VECTRA_CLIENT_SECRET>" --transport stdio vectra-ai-rux-mcp-server -- docker run -i --rm -e VECTRA_CLIENT_SECRET mcp/vectra-ai-rux-mcp-server

Requires: VECTRA_CLIENT_SECRET (secret)

malchela As a Claude Code plugin

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install malchela@claude-community

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

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of malchela publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

Only Vectra AI RUX MCP Server asks for

VECTRA_BASE_URL
VECTRA_CLIENT_ID
VECTRA_CLIENT_SECRET (secret)

Only malchela asks for

MALCHELA_DIR

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

What it can do: Vectra AI RUX MCP Server · What it can do: malchela · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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 2026-10-23. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.