Comparison

macos-say vs io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp

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

macos-say is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by gabrielkoerich. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp is an MCP server published by PhilflowIO. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. 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	macos-say	io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp
Community marketplace gabrielkoerich/skills	Removed on 2026-10-21 Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 6 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-19	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 5.0.0 Downloads/month (npm): 2 309 Downloads/week (npm): 208 Forks (GitHub): 18 Stars (GitHub): 42 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
npm registry (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 5.0.0 Downloads/month (npm): 2 309 Downloads/week (npm): 208 Forks (GitHub): 18 Stars (GitHub): 42 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-12

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

macos-say vs io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp
Fact	macos-sayno longer listed · 2026-10-21	io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	2
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	6	42
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0	18
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (dav-mcp)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	10, secrets among them: 3
Licence (differs)	Not stated	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/gabrielkoerich/skills	github.com/philflowio/dav-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-19	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 macos-say

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

Text to Speech

Reads text aloud locally on Windows, macOS, and Linux. No API key, account, or cloud service.

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

This skill converts text to high-quality audio files using ElevenLabs API. Use this skill when users request text-to-spe

by Gleb Kalinin · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
Text-to-Speech Toolkit

Skills for preprocessing text for TTS engines — SSML conversion, ElevenLabs markup (grounded in live ElevenLabs prompting docs), TTS safety review, and manual prosody addition…

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

Text to natural speech as MP3: 38 voices, 7 languages, 1,000 chars per call. Paid per call, x402.

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

Make audiobooks locally with Kokoro voices from your AI assistant. Nothing leaves your computer.

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Grok Voice

Add Grok voice to an app: realtime speech-to-speech, speech-to-text dictation, text-to-speech read-aloud, and a log-driven fix loop for voice sessions.

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Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

macos-say

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Free offline text-to-speech on macOS with the built-in `say` command. Speak text aloud, narrate a file, or render speech to wav/m4a/aiff using system voices. No API key, no network, no cost. Use when asked to speak, read aloud, narrate, voice, or generate TTS audio.

io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

AI-orchestrated calendars, contacts & tasks across any DAV platform. 27 tools, field-agnostic.

How to run each

macos-say

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

io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "CALDAV_PASSWORD=<YOUR_CALDAV_PASSWORD>" --env "CALDAV_SERVER_URL=<YOUR_CALDAV_SERVER_URL>" --env "CALDAV_USERNAME=<YOUR_CALDAV_USERNAME>" --env "GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>" --env "GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN=<YOUR_GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN>" --transport stdio dav-mcp -- npx -y dav-mcp

Requires: CALDAV_PASSWORD (secret), CALDAV_SERVER_URL, CALDAV_USERNAME, GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET (secret), GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN (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

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

What it can do: macos-say · What it can do: io.github.PhilflowIO/dav-mcp · Compare two other plugins

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