postgres-skills vs DBeast PostgreSQL MCP
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). DBeast PostgreSQL MCP is an MCP server published by snss10. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-12. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Listed Version: 0.1.2 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 27 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.0.2 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 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 | DBeast PostgreSQL MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 27 (better) | 9 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 6 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (ghcr.io/snss10/dbeast:2.0.2) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 8, secrets among them: 2 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/microsoft/postgres-skills | github.com/snss10/dbeast |
| 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.
DBeast PostgreSQL MCP
PostgreSQL MCP server for schema, query, health, security, and performance analysis.
How to run each
postgres-skills
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
DBeast PostgreSQL MCP As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "DATABASE_URL=<YOUR_DATABASE_URL>" --env "DB_PASSWORD=<YOUR_DB_PASSWORD>" --transport stdio dbeast -- docker run -i --rm -e DATABASE_URL -e DB_PASSWORD ghcr.io/snss10/dbeast:2.0.2Requires: DATABASE_URL (secret), DB_PASSWORD (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 postgres-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: postgres-skills · What it can do: DBeast PostgreSQL MCP · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.