ledger vs Airtable
ledger is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.
ledger is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by eternal-roman / Ledger maintainers. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Airtable is an MCP server published by domdomegg. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. 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 |   Airtable | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace eternal-roman/ledger | Removed on 2026-10-15 Version: 0.19.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.14.0 Downloads/month (npm): 11 028 Downloads/week (npm): 1 673 Forks (GitHub): 132 Stars (GitHub): 455 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:3d15a7da38f6 Forks (GitHub): 132 Pulls (Docker Hub): 20 128 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 455 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 | ledgerno longer listed · | Airtable |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | 455 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 20 128 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 132 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (airtable-mcp-server) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 16 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 11 | 6 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/eternal-roman/ledger | github.com/domdomegg/airtable-mcp-server |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-13 | 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 ledger
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Personal finance skills and MCP server for Ledgr
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cashflow io.github.adam-messinger/cashflow
Personal finance ledger for AI agents — query spending, track bills, forecast cash flow.
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Plain-text accounting for Claude Code: a git-backed Beancount cloud book, AI ingestion of statements/receipts, and HTML/Excel reports.
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Household finance memory, budgets, transactions, and monthly reviews for AI assistants.
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BankMCP™ for Claude Code: /bank:setup walks you through installing it locally, /bank:deploy through hosting it; plus a skill with account mapping, categorisation rules and a…
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Log, query, and edit expenses, budgets, and accounts in Ledgy from any MCP-compatible AI assistant.
What each says it does
ledger
Deterministic financial-correctness guardrails: Money.from always, validated JournalEntry + Ledger.apply, audit-hashed ledgers, citations, no floats, provable balance + invariants.
Airtable
Read and write access to Airtable database schemas, tables, and records.
How to run each
ledger
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Airtable As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "AIRTABLE_API_KEY=<YOUR_AIRTABLE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio airtable-mcp-server -- npx -y airtable-mcp-serverRequires: AIRTABLE_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of ledger publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of ledger publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: ledger · What it can do: Airtable · 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 . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.