Comparison

oastools vs SmartBear MCP

oastools is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑21.

oastools is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by erraggy. No marketplace we read lists it any more. SmartBear MCP is an MCP server published by smartbear.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. 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	oastools	SmartBear MCP
Community marketplace erraggy/oastools	Removed on 2026-10-21 Version: 1.66.0 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 6 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-17	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.42.0 Downloads/month (npm): 45 350 Downloads/week (npm): 4 476 Forks (GitHub): 51 Stars (GitHub): 44 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Not listed	Listed Version: sha256:8a64acae01b6 Forks (GitHub): 51 Pulls (Docker Hub): 14 434 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 44 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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

oastools vs SmartBear MCP
Fact	oastoolsno longer listed · 2026-10-21	SmartBear MCP
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	2
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	6	44
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	No figure on Docker Hub	14 434
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	4	51
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	Remote server or your machine
Transport (differs)	Not stated	Streamable HTTP, stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	Not published	160
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	17, secrets among them: 10
Hooks it runs (differs)	1	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	7	Not a bundle
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/erraggy/oastools	github.com/smartbear/smartbear-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	4	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-17	2026-10-11
Endpoint at the last check (differs)	no remote endpoint we check	Answered with HTTP 400 (4 days ago)

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 oastools

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

openapi-expert

Use this agent to update, synchronize, or validate the OpenAPI specification (openapi.yml) against the actual REST API implementation. This includes adding new endpoints, updating…

by Meiring de Wet · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
oapi

OpenAPI CLI expert for @desplega.ai/oapi — register specs, execute requests, manage auth

by desplega.ai · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
oasdiff

Detect breaking changes, generate changelogs, diff, and validate OpenAPI specs.

by oasdiff · MCP server

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

DevsForge Enterprise API Specification Architect delivering comprehensive OpenAPI development methodologies, API documentation excellence, and integration optimization frameworks…

by DevsForge Community · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
OpenAPI Toolkit

Fetch, validate, and generate code or curl from any OpenAPI or Swagger spec - all from a single URL.

by lepoco · MCP server

Listed on: Docker MCP Catalog · Describes nearly the same job
openapi-navigator io.github.mgaruccio/openapi-navigator

Navigate and query OpenAPI specs with fuzzy search, pagination, and API testing

by mgaruccio · MCP server

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

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

oastools

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

15 MCP tools and 5 guided skills for working with OpenAPI specs — validate, fix, convert, diff, join, overlay, generate, and walk operations/schemas/parameters/responses/security/paths

SmartBear MCP

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

MCP server for AI access to SmartBear tools, including BugSnag, Reflect, Swagger, PactFlow, QTM4J.

How to run each

oastools

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

SmartBear MCP As a remote MCP server

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http smartbear-mcp https://bugsnag.mcp.smartbear.com/mcp

Requires: BEARQ_API_TOKEN (secret), BUGSNAG_AUTH_TOKEN (secret), PACT_BROKER_PASSWORD (secret), PACT_BROKER_TOKEN (secret), QTM4J_API_KEY (secret), QTM4J_AUTOMATION_API_KEY (secret), REFLECT_API_TOKEN (secret), SWAGGER_API_KEY (secret), SWAGGER_FUNCTIONAL_TESTING_API_TOKEN (secret), ZEPHYR_API_TOKEN (secret)

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

Only SmartBear MCP has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of oastools publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of oastools publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: oastools · What it can do: SmartBear 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 Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-21. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.