youtube vs io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server
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. io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server is an MCP server published by brave. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-10. 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 |  io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server | |
|---|---|---|
| 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: 2.1.3 Downloads/month (npm): 136 426 Downloads/week (npm): 59 534 Forks (GitHub): 227 Stars (GitHub): 1 565 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:f58a5c22c119 Forks (GitHub): 227 Pulls (Docker Hub): 297 565 Stars (Docker Hub): 26 Stars (GitHub): 1 565 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 · | io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 61 | 1 565 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 297 565 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 16 | 227 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio, Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 8 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 5 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/jcodesmore/youtube-for-ai-agents | github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-23 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Status out of date: last check 42 h ago returned HTTP 401 |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
io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Brave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.
How to run each
youtube
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "BRAVE_API_KEY=<YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio brave-search-mcp-server -- npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-serverRequires: BRAVE_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of youtube publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only youtube asks for
CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA
Only io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server asks for
BRAVE_API_KEY (secret)BRAVE_MCP_TRANSPORT
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: youtube · What it can do: io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server · 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. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.