MetaForge (local) vs Captia Industrial Knowledge
MetaForge (local) is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑23.
MetaForge (local) is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by MetaForge. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Captia Industrial Knowledge is an MCP server published by captiatechnology.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). 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 |  Captia Industrial Knowledge | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace fidelodok/metaforge | Removed on 2026-10-23 Version: 0.2.5 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 8 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 No figure published 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 | MetaForge (local)no longer listed · | Captia Industrial Knowledge |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 8 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (www.captiatechnology.com/api/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 59 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/fidelodok/metaforge | github.com/captia-technology/captia-landing-page |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 7 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-18 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 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 MetaForge (local)
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What each says it does
MetaForge (local)
Runs MetaForge as a local process over stdio. No gateway, no account, no network. Needs the `metaforge-mcp` command on your PATH; the package README gives the one line that installs it.
Captia Industrial Knowledge
Industrial glossary, protocol reference, technical search and OEE calculation. Read-only.
How to run each
MetaForge (local)
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Captia Industrial Knowledge As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http knowledge https://www.captiatechnology.com/api/mcp/Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Captia Industrial Knowledge has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Captia Industrial Knowledge publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: MetaForge (local) · What it can do: Captia Industrial Knowledge · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.