Comparison

media-download vs io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript

media-download is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑26.

media-download is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Jongwon Choi. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript is an MCP server published by jkawamoto. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-27. 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	media-download	io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript
Community marketplace jongwony/cc-plugin	Removed on 2026-10-26 Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-23	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.8.2 Forks (GitHub): 77 Stars (GitHub): 492 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Not listed	Listed Version: sha256:90eefb484754 Forks (GitHub): 77 Pulls (Docker Hub): 304 354 Stars (Docker Hub): 19 Stars (GitHub): 492 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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

media-download vs io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript
Fact	media-downloadno longer listed · 2026-10-26	io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	2
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	11	492
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	No figure on Docker Hub	304 354
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0	77
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-27
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript/releases/download/v0.8.2/mcp-youtube-transcript.mcpb)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	Not published	4
Environment variables it asks for	Not published	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	1	Not a bundle
Licence (differs)	Not stated	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/jongwony/cc-plugin	github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	4	8
First seen (differs)	2026-10-23	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 media-download

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

youtube-downloader

Fetch existing YouTube transcripts/subtitles or archive spoken video content as text, and download YouTube videos/audio or HLS streams (m3u8) with yt-dlp and ffmpeg. Use for…

by daymade · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
ssave.cc — TikTok & Instagram Downloader

Extract & download TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Douyin media — HD, no watermark, MP3 export

by ssave.cc · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
importly-mcp io.importly/importly-mcp

Download, transcribe, and get metadata for any video/audio URL. Managed yt-dlp + speech-to-text.

by importly.io · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
TubePull

Download YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, SoundCloud and 6 more platforms from any MCP AI chatbot.

by miketwalker · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
watch-cli

Compose yt-dlp + ffmpeg + Whisper into a single command that hands an AI agent the raw materials to watch any social video — VIDEO + FRAMES + TRANSCRIPT, ready for an LLM to read…

by sonpiaz · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
cloud-api-hub-youtube-downloader com.jojapi/cloud-api-hub-youtube-downloader

Cloud Api Hub - Youtube Downloader: Get Youtube video info and download links to MP4 or MP3 file.

by jojapi.com · MCP server

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

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

media-download

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Media download via yt-dlp with QR decode and metadata extraction

io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

An MCP server retrieving transcripts of YouTube videos

How to run each

media-download

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

io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio youtube-transcript -- docker run -i --rm mcp/youtube-transcript

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

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of media-download publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.

What it can do: media-download · What it can do: io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript · 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 2026-10-27. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.