Comparison

kwin-mcp vs GNOME UI MCP

kwin-mcp is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑16.

kwin-mcp is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Byeonghoon Yoo. No marketplace we read lists it any more. GNOME UI MCP is an MCP server published by asattelmaier. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. 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	kwin-mcp	GNOME UI MCP
Community marketplace vibeprogramm/kwin-mcp	Removed on 2026-10-16 Version: 0.9.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-14	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.5.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 1 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

kwin-mcp vs GNOME UI MCP
Fact	kwin-mcpno longer listed · 2026-10-16	GNOME UI MCP
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	1
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	2	1
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0	3
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (kwin-mcp)	On your machine (ghcr.io/asattelmaier/gnome-ui-mcp:0.5.0)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for	Not published	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	2	Not a bundle
Licence (differs)	MIT	Not stated
Repository (differs)	github.com/vibeprogramm/kwin-mcp	github.com/asattelmaier/gnome-ui-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days	4	4
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 kwin-mcp

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

kwin-mcp

KDE Plasma 6 Wayland GUI automation for AI agents: 30 tools (EIS input, screenshots, AT-SPI2).

by VibeProgramm · MCP server

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

Computer-use MCP companion for /ops:desktop — screenshot, click, type, multi-desktop pool, autonomous act loop. Co-installed with the ops plugin.

by Lifecycle Innovations Limited · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
ultranix-mcp

Secure Linux desktop automation - input, screen/OCR/vision, AT-SPI2 UI tree, window, clipboard

by jxoesneon · MCP server

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

Windows GUI automation on a hidden second desktop, driven from Claude Code over MCP.

by agentfenster.com · MCP server

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

Windows UI Automation MCP server for desktop inspection and element lookup. Windows only.

by trsdn · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
deskbrid io.github.coe0718/deskbrid

Linux automation. 125 MCP tools: windows, input, screenshots, clipboard, print, AT-SPI. 9 DEs.

by coe0718 · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes a similar job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

kwin-mcp

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Bundles the kwin-mcp MCP server (uvx kwin-mcp) plus the kwin-desktop-automation skill that teaches session-mode selection, the observe-act-verify loop, US-QWERTY vs Unicode typing, and platform pitfalls (surface-local coordinates, QMenu invisibility, EIS edge limits, clipboard opt-in).

GNOME UI MCP

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

GNOME Wayland desktop automation via AT-SPI discovery and Mutter input.

How to run each

kwin-mcp

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

GNOME UI MCP As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio gnome-ui-mcp -- docker run -i --rm run --security-opt apparmor=unconfined --network host --user "<YOUR_UID>:<YOUR_GID>" -e DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR -e WAYLAND_DISPLAY -e DISPLAY -e XDG_SESSION_TYPE -v "<YOUR_XDG_RUNTIME_DIR>:<YOUR_XDG_RUNTIME_DIR>" -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:ro ghcr.io/asattelmaier/gnome-ui-mcp:0.5.0

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

Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.

What it can do: kwin-mcp · What it can do: GNOME UI MCP · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-19. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.