Thrixel vs Firecrawl MCP Server
Thrixel is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Thrixel. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Community GitHub marketplaces, PyPI (MCP servers)). Firecrawl MCP Server is an MCP server published by firecrawl. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-08. 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 |  Firecrawl MCP Server | |
|---|---|---|
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Listed Version: 1.3.28 Downloads/month (PyPI): 2 880 Downloads/week (PyPI): 1 039 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 3.38.0 Downloads/month (npm): 517 013 Downloads/week (npm): 158 613 Forks (GitHub): 927 Stars (GitHub): 7 779 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:3b22a74af198 Forks (GitHub): 927 Pulls (Docker Hub): 148 864 Stars (Docker Hub): 20 Stars (GitHub): 7 779 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 | Thrixel | Firecrawl MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (worse) | 3 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 7 779 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 148 864 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 927 |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-11-05 (worse) | 2026-11-06 (better) |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (thrixel-mcp) | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 28 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | 18 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/thrixel/build-world | github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 9 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 8 h ago |
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
Thrixel
Build playable 3D games with AI-generated assets. Bundles the build-world skill and the Thrixel connector: generate, refine and texture game-ready .glb models, then build the game around them in Three.js, Unity, Unreal or Roblox.
Firecrawl MCP Server
Firecrawl, the context API for AI agents: search, scrape, interact with the web, plus paper search.
How to run each
Thrixel As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add thrixel/build-world
/plugin install thrixel@thrixelFirecrawl MCP Server As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http firecrawl-mcp-server https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY (secret), Authorization header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Firecrawl MCP Server has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Thrixel publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Thrixel publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Thrixel · What it can do: Firecrawl MCP Server · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). 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.