mobile-testing vs io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp
mobile-testing is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑18.
mobile-testing is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by barnburner121. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp is an MCP server published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Cursor: cursor/plugins, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. 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
| Marketplace |  io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace barnburner121/claude-plugin-marketplace | Removed on 2026-10-18 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.0.82 Downloads/month (npm): 31 345 222 Downloads/week (npm): 6 403 349 Forks (GitHub): 3 276 Stars (GitHub): 38 316 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 4 548 Stars (GitHub): 42 948 Not marked · First seen |
| Cursor: cursor/plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 268 Stars (GitHub): 12 913 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:8771dc4666e7 Forks (GitHub): 3 276 Pulls (Docker Hub): 2 508 393 Stars (Docker Hub): 38 Stars (GitHub): 38 316 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 | mobile-testingno longer listed · | io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 3 | 42 948 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 2 508 393 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 4 548 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@barnburner121/plugin-hub-mcp) | On your machine (@playwright/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 23 |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | 1 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/barnburner121/claude-plugin-marketplace | github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-11 |
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 mobile-testing
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Kobiton brings agentic AI to mobile quality so engineers & testers can initiate testing directly from where code is built. With our Claude Code plugin, you can initiate Appium…
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Agents that test your web and mobile app like real users, on every pull request.
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RobotActions — AI-Driven Mobile + Web Test Automation
Drive real Android & iOS devices and web browsers from natural language for mobile + web QA.
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Mobile device interaction automation via MCP
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Drive Android & iOS mobile-app automation from your AI agent on locally connected devices.
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tailtest automatically generates and runs tests every time Claude Code edits a file. No commands, no configuration, no reminders needed. It hooks into Claude's file write event…
What each says it does
mobile-testing
Generate mobile testing setup with Detox
io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp
Playwright Tools for MCP
How to run each
mobile-testing
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio playwright-mcp -- npx -y @playwright/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of mobile-testing 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: mobile-testing · What it can do: io.github.microsoft/playwright-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. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/cursor/plugins/blob/HEAD/.cursor-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.