Unofficial MCP Builder vs MCP API Translator
Unofficial MCP Builder is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by danielrosehill. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). MCP API Translator is an MCP server published by krishgok. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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 |  Unofficial MCP Builder |  MCP API Translator |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.4.1 Downloads/month (npm): 263 Downloads/week (npm): 192 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | Unofficial MCP Builder | MCP API Translator |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 1 | 1 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (mcp-api-translator) |
| 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) | 3 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/danielrosehill/unofficial-mcp-builder-plugin | github.com/krishgok/mcp-api-translator |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
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
Unofficial MCP Builder
Author and maintain unofficial MCP servers for third-party APIs that don't ship one. Generate a server from the vendor's API docs verified against the live API with your own key, detect upstream drift on a schedule, and smoke-test against real operations. Bound by a committed api-surface.yaml recording what the API actually does versus what its docs claim. Publishes to npm.
MCP API Translator
Turn OpenAPI / Postman specs into runnable MCP servers, or serve any API as live MCP tools.
How to run each
Unofficial MCP Builder As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins
/plugin install unofficial-mcp-builder@danielrosehillMCP API Translator As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-api-translator -- npx -y mcp-api-translatorCommands 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: Unofficial MCP Builder · What it can do: MCP API Translator · 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.