semantic-search vs OmniClip RAG
semantic-search is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑17.
semantic-search is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Benjamin Borbe. No marketplace we read lists it any more. OmniClip RAG is an MCP server published by EllisMorrow. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-26. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace bborbe/semantic-search | Removed on 2026-10-17 Version: 0.23.2 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.4.13 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 45 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 | semantic-searchno longer listed · | OmniClip RAG |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 45 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 4 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (https://github.com/EllisMorrow/OmniClip-RAG/releases/download/v0.4.13/omniclip-rag-mcp-win-x64-v0.4.13.mcpb) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 5 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | BSD-2-Clause | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/bborbe/semantic-search | github.com/ellismorrow/omniclip-rag |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 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 semantic-search
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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markdown io.github.ofershap/markdown
Markdown MCP — search, extract sections, list headings, find code blocks.
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Local read-only semantic search for Markdown vaults through MCP.
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Indexes your project — code, markdown, PDFs, legal text, research notes into a local SQLite file. Claude searches it before grepping. No API keys, no cloud, nothing leaves your…
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Section-level doc search for .md, .rst, .adoc, .ipynb, .html, .yaml, .json, and OpenAPI specs.
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Local-first semantic search for your codebase and conversation history. Hybrid vector + BM25 search with cross-encoder reranking, AST-aware chunking for 6 languages, smart…
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ローカル完結の Markdown 横断検索 (markdown-query) とソースコード検索 (code-query) を提供します。CLI 本体は各キットの install スクリプトで導入します。
What each says it does
semantic-search
Semantic search over markdown files — MCP setup, search, and research commands
OmniClip RAG
Read-only local-first MCP server for private Markdown, PDF, and Tika-backed search on Windows.
How to run each
semantic-search
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
OmniClip RAG
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
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: semantic-search · What it can do: OmniClip RAG · 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 . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.