postgres-skills vs MCP Database Server
postgres-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). MCP Database Server is an MCP server published by Souhar-dya. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). 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 |  postgres-skills |   MCP Database Server |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Listed Version: 0.1.2 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 29 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.3.1 Forks (GitHub): 13 Stars (GitHub): 19 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:9ccd629df448 Forks (GitHub): 13 Stars (GitHub): 19 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 | postgres-skills | MCP Database Server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 29 (better) | 19 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 6 (worse) | 13 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (docker.io/souhardyak/mcp-db-server:1.3.1) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 7 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | NOASSERTION |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/microsoft/postgres-skills | github.com/souhar-dya/mcp-db-server |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| 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
postgres-skills
Expert PostgreSQL guidance and live database tools for Postgres anywhere, including local, self-hosted, containers, on-premises, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and Azure HorizonDB. Covers indexing, vector search and RAG, JSONB, partitioning, security, replication, and knowledge graphs with connection-aware guidance.
MCP Database Server
MCP server for SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL with natural language to SQL and direct SQL tooling.
How to run each
postgres-skills
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
MCP Database Server As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-db-server -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/souhardyak/mcp-db-server:1.3.1Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of postgres-skills publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of postgres-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: postgres-skills · What it can do: MCP Database Server · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/HEAD/.github/plugin/marketplace.json. 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.