Comparison

yt-mem-ai vs Perplexity API Platform

yt-mem-ai is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑22.

yt-mem-ai is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by dasein. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Perplexity API Platform is an MCP server published by perplexity.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, npm registry (MCP servers), Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. 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	yt-mem-ai	Perplexity API Platform
Community marketplace dasein108/yt-mem-ai	Removed on 2026-10-22 Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 7 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-13	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.2.1 Downloads/month (npm): 87 686 Downloads/week (npm): 18 636 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Not listed	Listed Version: sha256:7816f45a6f26 Forks (GitHub): 388 Pulls (Docker Hub): 81 028 Stars (Docker Hub): 17 Stars (GitHub): 2 589 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
npm registry (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.3.0 Downloads/month (npm): 87 686 Downloads/week (npm): 18 636 Forks (GitHub): 389 Stars (GitHub): 2 592 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

yt-mem-ai vs Perplexity API Platform
Fact	yt-mem-aino longer listed · 2026-10-22	Perplexity API Platform
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	4
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	7	2 592
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	No figure on Docker Hub	81 028
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0	389
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-17
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (@perplexity-ai/mcp-server)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	Not published	3
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	2, secrets among them: 1
Hooks it runs (differs)	Not published	1
Parts of the bundle (differs)	9	2
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/dasein108/yt-mem-ai	github.com/ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	2	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-13	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 yt-mem-ai

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

yt-mem-ai

Local YouTube memory: transcribe, embed and search videos, with summaries and highlights.

by dasein108 · MCP server

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

Transcribe YouTube via Whisper. Summaries, chapters, semantic-search across your corpus.

by transcriptmax.com · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
recapfy io.github.pedrot95dev/recapfy

Ask about a YouTube video or fetch its transcript. Paid per call in USDC on Solana via x402.

by pedrot95dev · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
youtube-to-docs

Convert YouTube videos into structured docs, summaries, audio, and visual assets for easier discovery.

by DoIT Artificial Intelligence · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
YouTube Transcribe Skill

Extract subtitles/transcripts from YouTube videos via CLI or browser automation

by Pengfei Ni · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
youtube-summarize io.github.zlatkoc/youtube-summarize

MCP server that fetches YouTube video transcripts and optionally summarizes them

by zlatkoc · MCP server

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

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

yt-mem-ai

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

A local YouTube memory: fetches transcripts (captions, Whisper fallback), keeps them searchable on your machine, and writes summaries, timestamped highlights, Q&A, decks and daily digests. Ships the yt + yt-agent skills and /yt-* commands; no API key.

Perplexity API Platform

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API

How to run each

yt-mem-ai

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

Perplexity API Platform As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio perplexity-api-platform -- npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-server

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

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of yt-mem-ai publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of yt-mem-ai publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: yt-mem-ai · What it can do: Perplexity API Platform · 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 Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-28. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.