Vizro vs diagram-design
Vizro is an MCP server published by mckinsey. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). diagram-design is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Cathryn Lavery. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-11. 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 |  Vizro | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:ddec90039ea1 Forks (GitHub): 308 Pulls (Docker Hub): 38 107 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 3 821 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace cathrynlavery/diagram-design | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.6.153 Forks (GitHub): 4 409 Stars (GitHub): 66 400 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 | Vizro | diagram-design |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 3 821 (worse) | 66 400 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 38 107 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 308 (worse) | 4 409 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-10 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/vizro) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 6 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 8 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/mckinsey/vizro | github.com/cathrynlavery/diagram-design |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 6 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
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
Vizro
provides tools and templates to create a functioning Vizro chart or dashboard step by step.
diagram-design
Editorial diagrams in your brand, as self-contained HTML and SVG. Architecture, flowcharts, sequence, state machines, ER and database schemas, timelines, swimlanes, org charts, Gantt, Wardley maps, user journeys, service blueprints, UML class, lifecycle phase maps, and charts from bar, line and scatter to Sankey, treemap and heatmap, plus many more. Redraws draw.io, Mermaid, Excalidraw and PlantUML files. Exports SVG and PNG.
How to run each
Vizro As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio vizro -- docker run -i --rm mcp/vizrodiagram-design As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add cathrynlavery/diagram-design
/plugin install diagram-design@diagram-designCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of diagram-design publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: Vizro · What it can do: diagram-design · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. 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.