Comparison

exa vs AnimeHunt anime & manga catalog

exa is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by exa-labs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 5 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Community GitHub marketplaces). AnimeHunt anime & manga catalog is an MCP server published by MatsClaes2. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22. 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	exa	AnimeHunt anime & manga catalog
Claude Code: claude-plugins-official	Listed Version: 3.4.1 Forks (GitHub): 402 Stars (GitHub): 5 158 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Listed Version: 3.4.1 Forks (GitHub): 402 Stars (GitHub): 5 158 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Listed Version: 1.1.0 No figure published Not marked · First seen 2026-10-13
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:d88edd571d98 Forks (GitHub): 402 Pulls (Docker Hub): 36 704 Stars (Docker Hub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 5 158 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Claude: knowledge-work-plugins	Listed Version: 3.4.1 Forks (GitHub): 402 Stars (GitHub): 5 158 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed

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

exa vs AnimeHunt anime & manga catalog
Fact	exa	AnimeHunt anime & manga catalog
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	5 (better)	1 (worse)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	5 158	No figure on GitHub
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	36 704	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	402	No figure on GitHub
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-13
Where it runs (differs)	Remote server or your machine	Remote server (animehunt.co/api/mcp)
Transport (differs)	Streamable HTTP, stdio	Streamable HTTP
Tools it declares (differs)	2	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	1, secrets among them: 1	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	3	Not a bundle
Licence (differs)	MIT	Not stated
Repository (differs)	github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server	Not stated
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-11	2026-10-13
Endpoint at the last check (differs)	Responded 5 days ago	Responded 4 days ago

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

exa

In its own words, on Claude Code: claude-plugins-official:

Exa AI web search, deep research, and content extraction. Provides MCP tools and research skills for comprehensive web search, people discovery, company research, academic papers, and more.

AnimeHunt anime & manga catalog

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Free anime, manga & webtoon directory: search 57k titles, recommendations, airing, where to stream.

How to run each

exa As a Claude Code plugin

Claude Code

/plugin install exa@claude-plugins-official

AnimeHunt anime & manga catalog As a remote MCP server

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http animehunt https://animehunt.co/api/mcp

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

Both endpoints responded at the last daily check. How we check endpoints

Tools each declares

Only exa has

web_fetch_exa
web_search_exa

Only AnimeHunt anime & manga catalog has

add_to_library
airing_this_week
creator_listing_guide
discover_titles
get_title
list_genres
my_library
rate_title
recommend_from_liked
resolve_title
search_titles
season_titles

Show the remaining 3

similar_titles
suggest_feature
write_review

Both have

None

Tool names as the marketplaces declare them and as Ext Ops observed them on the endpoints (AnimeHunt anime & manga catalog as of 2026-10-18). More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of AnimeHunt anime & manga catalog publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: exa · What it can do: AnimeHunt anime & manga catalog · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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 2026-10-22. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.