thufir vs Grafana MCP
thufir is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑22.
thufir is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Evangelos Meklis. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Grafana MCP is an MCP server published by itzhouq. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. 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 |  Grafana MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace evangelosmeklis/thufir | Removed on 2026-10-22 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 7 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.3 Downloads/month (npm): 735 Downloads/week (npm): 696 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.3 Downloads/month (npm): 735 Downloads/week (npm): 696 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | thufirno longer listed · | Grafana MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (grafana-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 6, secrets among them: 3 | 8, secrets among them: 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 11 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/evangelosmeklis/thufir | github.com/itzhouq/grafana-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-18 | 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 thufir
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Production incident response system with incident management workflows, intelligent debugging, runbook automation, and postmortem generation. Handles incident detection, triage…
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Error tracing, root cause analysis, and smart debugging for production systems
What each says it does
thufir
Root cause analysis plugin integrating Prometheus, GitHub, and GitLab for production incident investigation
Grafana MCP
Read-only project-level Grafana MCP: Loki logs, metrics, traces, alerts, test/prod switching
How to run each
thufir
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Grafana MCP As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "GRAFANA_PROD_PASSWORD=<YOUR_GRAFANA_PROD_PASSWORD>" --env "GRAFANA_TEST_PASSWORD=<YOUR_GRAFANA_TEST_PASSWORD>" --transport stdio grafana-mcp -- npx -y grafana-mcpRequires: GRAFANA_PROD_PASSWORD (secret), GRAFANA_TEST_PASSWORD (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Only thufir asks for
GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN (secret)GITLAB_PROJECT_IDGITLAB_TOKEN (secret)GITLAB_URLPROMETHEUS_TOKEN (secret)PROMETHEUS_URL
Only Grafana MCP asks for
GRAFANA_APPGRAFANA_ENVGRAFANA_PROD_PASSWORD (secret)GRAFANA_PROD_URLGRAFANA_PROD_USERGRAFANA_TEST_PASSWORD (secret)GRAFANA_TEST_URLGRAFANA_TEST_USER
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: thufir · What it can do: Grafana MCP · Compare two other plugins
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