youtube vs VNCNT Labs YouTube Data
youtube is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑29.
youtube is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by JCodesMore. No marketplace we read lists it any more. VNCNT Labs YouTube Data is an MCP server published by PravinrajV. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-07. 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 |  VNCNT Labs YouTube Data | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace jcodesmore/jcodesmore-plugins | Removed on 2026-10-29 Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 16 Stars (GitHub): 61 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.2.0 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 | youtubeno longer listed · | VNCNT Labs YouTube Data |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 61 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 16 | 0 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-07 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (mcp.apify.com) |
| 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) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 5 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/jcodesmore/youtube-for-ai-agents | github.com/pravinrajv/vncntlabs-apify-examples |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-23 | 2026-10-24 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Status out of date: last check 44 h ago returned HTTP 401 |
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 youtube
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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TranscriptAPI: YouTube Transcript and Search MCP
TranscriptAPI.com: hosted YouTube transcripts, search, channels and playlists for AI agents
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YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP
YouTube transcripts, search, channel browsing, and playlists for AI agents via MCP.
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TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io)
YouTube transcripts, search, channels and playlists for AI agents, by transcriptapi.io.
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YouTube transcripts, video search, channel browsing, playlist extraction, and upload monitoring with open-source tools (yt-dlp, youtube-transcript-api, RSS). No API key needed.
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YouTube search: find videos, fetch details and comments, pull full transcripts.
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Search YouTube and read video, channel and transcript data as JSON. No Google Cloud project.
What each says it does
youtube
YouTube tools — search, transcripts, video info, channel browsing, playlists
VNCNT Labs YouTube Data
YouTube video details, transcripts, search ranks and comments. Pay per result.
How to run each
youtube
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
VNCNT Labs YouTube Data
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only VNCNT Labs YouTube Data 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 VNCNT Labs YouTube Data publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: youtube · What it can do: VNCNT Labs YouTube Data · 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.