Comparison

xlsx-for-ai vs Airtable

xlsx-for-ai is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑20.

xlsx-for-ai is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by xlsx-for-ai. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Airtable is an MCP server published by domdomegg. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	xlsx-for-ai	Airtable
Community marketplace senoff/xlsx-for-ai	Removed on 2026-10-20 Version: 0.1.2 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 6 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-14	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.14.0 Downloads/month (npm): 11 028 Downloads/week (npm): 1 673 Forks (GitHub): 132 Stars (GitHub): 455 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Not listed	Listed Version: sha256:3d15a7da38f6 Forks (GitHub): 132 Pulls (Docker Hub): 20 210 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 455 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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

xlsx-for-ai vs Airtable
Fact	xlsx-for-aino longer listed · 2026-10-20	Airtable
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	3
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	6	455
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	No figure on Docker Hub	20 210
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0	132
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	Remote server (api.xlsx-for-ai.dev/mcp)	On your machine (airtable-mcp-server)
Transport (differs)	Streamable HTTP	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	Not published	16
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	2, secrets among them: 1
Hooks it runs (differs)	1	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	3	6
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/senoff/xlsx-for-ai	github.com/domdomegg/airtable-mcp-server
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	2	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-14	2026-10-11

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

What to use instead of xlsx-for-ai

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

Agent Spreadsheet MCP

Agent-safe Excel workbook analysis, editing, recalc, and verification tools.

by PSU3D0 · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
gantt-chart io.github.theluckystrike/gantt-chart

Build Gantt charts from your AI chat: tasks, dependencies, timeline spreadsheets. All data is local.

by theluckystrike · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
spreadsheet io.github.theluckystrike/spreadsheet

Open, inspect, filter, edit and convert xlsx and csv files from your AI chat. Processing is local.

by theluckystrike · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
spreadsheet-builder io.github.theluckystrike/spreadsheet-builder

Open, inspect, filter, edit and convert xlsx and csv files from your AI chat. Processing is local.

by theluckystrike · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
xlsx-for-ai io.github.senoff/xlsx-for-ai

50 spreadsheet tools for .xlsx: recalc formulas, repair broken refs, read/write, diff, audit.

by senoff · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers) · Describes nearly the same job
Sezzlee Excel

Read local Excel workbooks (.xlsx, .xlsm, .csv): cells, formulas, tables. Read-only, sandboxed.

by sezzlee · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

xlsx-for-ai

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Connection to the hosted xlsx-for-ai tools for .xlsx, .xlsm, .xls, .csv, .tsv and Google Sheets, plus a session-start note on when to use them: formula results, whether saved values are current, or a working spreadsheet file back. Ships no engine.

Airtable

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Read and write access to Airtable database schemas, tables, and records.

How to run each

xlsx-for-ai

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

Airtable As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "AIRTABLE_API_KEY=<YOUR_AIRTABLE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio airtable-mcp-server -- npx -y airtable-mcp-server

Requires: AIRTABLE_API_KEY (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 xlsx-for-ai publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of xlsx-for-ai publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: xlsx-for-ai · What it can do: Airtable · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. 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 2026-10-25. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.