mineru-document-extraction vs Free the Tools
mineru-document-extraction is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by decrystal. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Free the Tools is an MCP server published by sapience-design. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. 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 |  mineru-document-extraction |   Free the Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.2 Downloads/month (npm): 743 Downloads/week (npm): 743 Forks (GitHub): 1 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 | mineru-document-extraction | Free the Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-11 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.mineru.net/mcp) | On your machine (freethetools) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/decrystal/mineru-claude-plugin | github.com/sapience-design/freethetools |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 5 days ago | no remote endpoint we check |
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
mineru-document-extraction
MinerU document extraction — convert PDFs, scanned documents, images, Word (DOC/DOCX), PowerPoint (PPT/PPTX), and web pages into clean Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, or DOCX. MinerU is an all-in-one CLI tool and agent skill for reliable, high-fidelity document parsing.
Free the Tools
Local PDF, image, data and text tools for AI assistants. Files stay on your computer.
How to run each
mineru-document-extraction As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install mineru-document-extraction@claude-communityFree the Tools As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio freethetools -- npx -y freethetools mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only mineru-document-extraction 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
Only mineru-document-extraction asks for
MINERU_API_TOKEN (secret)
Only Free the Tools asks for
FREETHETOOLS_LIBRARY
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: mineru-document-extraction · What it can do: Free the Tools · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.