Comparison

tia-portal-openness-mcp vs io.github.openflowkit/openflowkit-mcp

tia-portal-openness-mcp is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑17.

tia-portal-openness-mcp is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by asckye. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.openflowkit/openflowkit-mcp is an MCP server published by openflowkit. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-27. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	tia-portal-openness-mcp	io.github.openflowkit/openflowkit-mcp
Community marketplace asckye/tia_portal_openness_mcp	Removed on 2026-10-17 Version: 3.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-14	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.2.4 Downloads/month (npm): 666 Downloads/week (npm): 83 Forks (GitHub): 180 Stars (GitHub): 915 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-12

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

tia-portal-openness-mcp vs io.github.openflowkit/openflowkit-mcp
Fact	tia-portal-openness-mcpno longer listed · 2026-10-17	io.github.openflowkit/openflowkit-mcp
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	2
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	2	915
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0	180
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-13
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (openflowkit)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for	Not published	Not published
Hooks it runs (differs)	1	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	3	2
Licence (differs)	Not stated	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/asckye/tia_portal_openness_mcp	github.com/openflowkit/openflowkit
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-14	2026-10-12

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

What to use instead of tia-portal-openness-mcp

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

totally-integrated-claude

Plugin for TIA Portal, TIA Openness API, and Siemens Modular Application Creator workflows

by Łukasz Rafał Czarnacki · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
TiaLink

TIA Portal MCP gateway: let any AI agent create blocks, write SCL, compile and simulate.

by tia-forge · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
plcsense

Read-only TwinCAT ST intelligence: resolve symbols, library APIs, docs, validate PLC code.

by plcsense.com · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
mcp-gera-skills io.github.geraservicesuk/mcp-gera-skills

GeraSkills MCP — search and install robot capability packs on behalf of an operator.

by geraservicesuk · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
SkillOS MCP Server

SkillOS MCP Runtime exposes the SkillOS skill registry as activatable MCP tools for AI agents.

by Joshanihub · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
festo-codesys-mcp io.github.efranceschetti/festo-codesys-mcp

MCP server for Festo/CODESYS PLCs: IEC 61131-3 ST + validated PLCopen XML generation.

by efranceschetti · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes a similar job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

tia-portal-openness-mcp

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Siemens TIA Portal Openness automation MCP — runtimes for V14 SP1, V15.1, V16, V17, V18, V19, V20 and V21, plus skills. Selects the newest installed TIA release, then the newest runnable bundled host.

io.github.openflowkit/openflowkit-mcp

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Architecture diagrams for your agent: draw on the live OpenFlowKit canvas or edit diagram files.

How to run each

tia-portal-openness-mcp

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

io.github.openflowkit/openflowkit-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio openflowkit-mcp -- npx -y openflowkit mcp

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

Tools each declares

Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.

Settings each asks for

Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.

What it can do: tia-portal-openness-mcp · What it can do: io.github.openflowkit/openflowkit-mcp · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-27. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.