obscura-plugin vs io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp
obscura-plugin is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑19.
obscura-plugin is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by epicsagas. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp is an MCP server published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Cursor: cursor/plugins, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. 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
| Marketplace |  io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace epicsagas/obscura-plugin | Removed on 2026-10-19 Version: 0.2.3 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.0.82 Downloads/month (npm): 31 345 222 Downloads/week (npm): 6 403 349 Forks (GitHub): 3 276 Stars (GitHub): 38 316 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 4 462 Stars (GitHub): 41 694 Not marked · First seen |
| Cursor: cursor/plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 197 Stars (GitHub): 12 306 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:8771dc4666e7 Forks (GitHub): 3 276 Pulls (Docker Hub): 2 497 909 Stars (Docker Hub): 38 Stars (GitHub): 38 316 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 | obscura-pluginno longer listed · | io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 4 | 41 694 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 2 497 909 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 4 462 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@playwright/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 23 |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 6 | 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/epicsagas/obscura-plugin | github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-17 | 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 obscura-plugin
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Web crawling and scraping with HTML→Markdown and headless-Chrome fallback.
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Install, troubleshoot, and use Scrapling CLI for extracting HTML, Markdown, or text from webpages. Diagnoses missing extras, Playwright browser runtime issues, TLS verification…
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oassis — web scraping, crawling and browser control for AI agents
Scrape to markdown, map and crawl sites, drive a real browser. Pay per call, no API key, no signup.
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AI-native web scraper: scrape, crawl and map any site to clean markdown over stdio. MIT-licensed.
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The complete web toolkit for your agent. Search the web and get answers in milliseconds. Fetch any URL and get clean markdown content back. Send a browser agent to navigate sites…
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Skyvern browser automation skills for web scraping and interaction via remote MCP.
What each says it does
obscura-plugin
Headless browser — fetch, scrape, markdown extraction.
io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp
Playwright Tools for MCP
How to run each
obscura-plugin
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio playwright-mcp -- npx -y @playwright/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of obscura-plugin publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: obscura-plugin · What it can do: io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp · 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 public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/cursor/plugins/blob/HEAD/.cursor-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.