excel-cli vs io.github.schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai
excel-cli is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by sbroenne. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). io.github.schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai is an MCP server published by schemacrawler. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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 |  excel-cli |  io.github.schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Listed Version: 2.3.11 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: v17.16.0-1 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 12 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:3321b42e2bb8 Forks (GitHub): 4 Pulls (Docker Hub): 14 183 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 12 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 | excel-cli | io.github.schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (worse) | 12 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 14 183 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 4 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-14 (worse) | 2026-10-14 (better) |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai:17.16.0-1) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 8 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 13, secrets among them: 2 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | NOASSERTION |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/sbroenne/mcp-server-excel-plugins | github.com/schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai |
| 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
excel-cli
Let your coding agent work with real Microsoft Excel workbooks from the terminal: formulas, Power Query, PivotTables, charts, and VBA. Same features as Excel MCP, usually with fewer AI tokens. Requires Windows, desktop Excel 2016 or later, and Node.js 18 or later.
io.github.schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai
Enables natural language schema queries — explore tables, keys, procedures, and get SQL help fast
How to run each
excel-cli
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.github.schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_PASSWORD=<YOUR_SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_PASSWORD>" --env "SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_USER=<YOUR_SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_USER>" --transport stdio schemacrawler-ai -- docker run -i --rm -e SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_PASSWORD -e SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_USER schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai:17.16.0-1Requires: SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_PASSWORD (secret), SCHCRWLR_DATABASE_USER (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of excel-cli publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of excel-cli publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: excel-cli · What it can do: io.github.schemacrawler/schemacrawler-ai · 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.