Next AI Draw.io vs Flowboard
Next AI Draw.io is an MCP server published by DayuanJiang. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Flowboard is an MCP server published by FlowboardStudio. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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 |  Next AI Draw.io |  Flowboard |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.4.5 Forks (GitHub): 3 806 Stars (GitHub): 36 399 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 3.5.0 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 806 Stars (GitHub): 36 399 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
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 | Next AI Draw.io | Flowboard |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 36 399 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 3 806 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-17 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@next-ai-drawio/mcp-server) | Remote server (flowboard.studio/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | 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) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/dayuanjiang/next-ai-draw-io | github.com/flowboardstudio/flowboard |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 5 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
Next AI Draw.io
draw.io diagrams your AI agent draws on a live browser canvas that you can also edit by hand
Flowboard
Discover cloud shapes and create, inspect, validate, patch, and review architecture diagrams.
How to run each
Next AI Draw.io As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio next-ai-drawio -- npx -y @next-ai-drawio/mcp-serverFlowboard As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http flowboard https://flowboard.studio/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: Authorization header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Flowboard 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: Next AI Draw.io · What it can do: Flowboard · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.