light-mcp vs QuickBooks Online
light-mcp is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by light-space. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). QuickBooks Online is an MCP server published by mindstone. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-15. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  light-mcp |  QuickBooks Online |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 34ee2f6 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.4.3 Downloads/month (npm): 144 Downloads/week (npm): 29 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 13 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 | light-mcp | QuickBooks Online |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 13 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 4 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@mindstone/mcp-server-quickbooks) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 7, secrets among them: 2 |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/light-space/light-mcp | github.com/mindstone/mcp-servers |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
light-mcp
Light's MCP integration lets you use AI tools to query your financial data, search invoices, look up vendors, and run reports, without switching context.
QuickBooks Online
QuickBooks Online MCP server: invoices, bills, customers, vendors, employees, and accounts
How to run each
light-mcp As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install light-mcp@claude-communityQuickBooks Online As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_ID>" --env "QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET>" --env "QUICKBOOKS_REALM_ID=<YOUR_QUICKBOOKS_REALM_ID>" --env "QUICKBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN=<YOUR_QUICKBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN>" --transport stdio mcp-server-quickbooks -- npx -y @mindstone/mcp-server-quickbooksRequires: QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_ID, QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET (secret), QUICKBOOKS_REALM_ID, QUICKBOOKS_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 light-mcp publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: light-mcp · What it can do: QuickBooks Online · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.