DBHawk vs DBHub
DBHawk is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Datasparc. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). DBHub is an MCP server published by bytebase. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 |  DBHub | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace datasparc/dbhawk-mcp-plugin | Listed Version: 0.4.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.5.0 Downloads/month (npm): 171 965 Downloads/week (npm): 38 108 Forks (GitHub): 318 Stars (GitHub): 3 639 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 | DBHawk | DBHub |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 3 639 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 318 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@bytebase/dbhub) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 3, secrets among them: 1 | 17, secrets among them: 4 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 3 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/datasparc/dbhawk-mcp-plugin | github.com/bytebase/dbhub |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-13 | 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
DBHawk
Read-only DBHawk datasource exploration + HawkAI over the /api/v2/mcp API.
DBHub
Token-efficient database MCP server for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite
How to run each
DBHawk As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add datasparc/dbhawk-mcp-plugin
/plugin install dbhawk@dbhawk-marketplaceDBHub As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "DB_PASSWORD=<YOUR_DB_PASSWORD>" --env "DSN=<YOUR_DSN>" --env "SSH_PASSPHRASE=<YOUR_SSH_PASSPHRASE>" --env "SSH_PASSWORD=<YOUR_SSH_PASSWORD>" --transport stdio dbhub -- npx -y @bytebase/dbhubRequires: DB_PASSWORD (secret), DSN (secret), SSH_PASSPHRASE (secret), SSH_PASSWORD (secret)
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
Only DBHawk asks for
DBHAWK_BASE_URLDBHAWK_DEFAULT_DATASOURCEDBHAWK_TOKEN (secret)
Only DBHub asks for
DBHUB_DSNDB_HOSTDB_NAMEDB_PASSWORD (secret)DB_PORTDB_TYPEDB_USERDSN (secret)IDPORTSSH_AUTH_SOCKSSH_HOST
Show the remaining 6
SSH_KEYSSH_PASSPHRASE (secret)SSH_PASSWORD (secret)SSH_PORTSSH_USERTRANSPORT
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: DBHawk · What it can do: DBHub · 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.