Vizro vs pdf-playground
Vizro is an MCP server published by mckinsey. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). pdf-playground is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Joe Amditis. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-30. 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): 305 Pulls (Docker Hub): 37 826 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 3 816 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace jamditis/claude-skills-journalism | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.3.7 Forks (GitHub): 69 Stars (GitHub): 438 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 | pdf-playground |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 3 816 (better) | 438 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 37 826 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 305 (better) | 69 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-24 |
| 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 | 9 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/mckinsey/vizro | github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-22 |
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.
pdf-playground
Interactive playground for creating and testing PDF reports and proposals
How to run each
Vizro As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio vizro -- docker run -i --rm mcp/vizropdf-playground As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
/plugin install pdf-playground@claude-skills-journalismCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of pdf-playground 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: pdf-playground · 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.