Dropbox vs Google News Scraper — Real Publisher URLs, MCP-Ready
Dropbox is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Dropbox. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Codex: openai-curated (openai/plugins)). Google News Scraper — Real Publisher URLs, MCP-Ready is an MCP server published by paulovitorti. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-27. 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 |  Dropbox |  Google News Scraper — Real Publisher URLs, MCP-Ready |
|---|---|---|
| Codex: openai-curated (openai/plugins) | Listed Version: 5.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 973 Stars (GitHub): 7 607 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 No figure published 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 | Dropbox | Google News Scraper — Real Publisher URLs, MCP-Ready |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 607 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 973 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.dropbox.com/mcp) | Remote server (mcp.apify.com) |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 8 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/openai/plugins | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 3 days ago, requires a key | Not responding since 2026-10-24 |
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
Dropbox
The Dropbox plugin for ChatGPT connects your Dropbox files directly to ChatGPT. You can access files, save ChatGPT-generated content to Dropbox, and create sharing links without switching tools. Everything respects your existing Dropbox permissions, and ChatGPT only works with files you already have access to.
Google News Scraper — Real Publisher URLs, MCP-Ready
Scrapes Google News and returns the real publisher URLs, not redirect links.
How to run each
Dropbox As a Codex plugin
codex plugin marketplace add openai/pluginsGoogle News Scraper — Real Publisher URLs, MCP-Ready
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only the endpoint of Dropbox responded at the last daily check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: Dropbox · What it can do: Google News Scraper — Real Publisher URLs, MCP-Ready · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/HEAD/.agents/plugins/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.