Tailscale vs Axiom Relay
Tailscale is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Cursor. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Cursor: cursor/plugins). Axiom Relay is an MCP server published by Itr3k. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. 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 |  Axiom Relay | |
|---|---|---|
| Cursor: cursor/plugins | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 1 158 Stars (GitHub): 11 894 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | Tailscale | Axiom Relay |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 11 894 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 158 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-17 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (axiomrelay.io/mcp/discovery) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/cursor/plugins | github.com/itr3k/axiom-relay-discovery |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 3 days ago |
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
Tailscale
Let Grok Bot reach MCP servers on your private Tailscale network. On your own tailnet it joins as one tag:grokbot device; on your team's company tailnet, turned on by a team admin, it uses each member's own device.
Axiom Relay
Free agent-service discovery, OpenAPI document checks, and receipt verification. No API key needed.
How to run each
Tailscale
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Axiom Relay As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http axiom-relay-discovery https://axiomrelay.io/mcp/discoveryCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Axiom Relay has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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: Tailscale · What it can do: Axiom Relay · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/cursor/plugins/blob/HEAD/.cursor-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.