Yarr MCP vs Jellyfin MCP Server
Yarr MCP is an MCP server published by dinglebear.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). Jellyfin MCP Server is an MCP server published by AeLui. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-10. 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 |   Yarr MCP |  Jellyfin MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 2.2.2 Downloads/month (npm): 349 Downloads/week (npm): 75 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 17 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 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 | Yarr MCP | Jellyfin MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 17 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 5 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-09 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@dinglebear/yarr) | Not stated |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 10, secrets among them: 3 | Not published |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/dinglebear-ai/yarr | github.com/aelui/jellyfin-plugin-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 8 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-11-03 |
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
Yarr MCP
Self-hosted media fleet operations across Sonarr, Radarr, Plex, and related apps over MCP and CLI.
Jellyfin MCP Server
Jellyfin plugin: search, play and manage your media library from AI assistants, per-user tokens.
How to run each
Yarr MCP As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "YARR_PLEX_TOKEN=<YOUR_YARR_PLEX_TOKEN>" --env "YARR_RADARR_API_KEY=<YOUR_YARR_RADARR_API_KEY>" --env "YARR_SONARR_API_KEY=<YOUR_YARR_SONARR_API_KEY>" --transport stdio yarr -- npx -y @dinglebear/yarr mcpRequires: YARR_PLEX_TOKEN (secret), YARR_RADARR_API_KEY (secret), YARR_SONARR_API_KEY (secret)
Jellyfin MCP Server
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.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Jellyfin MCP Server publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Yarr MCP · What it can do: Jellyfin MCP Server · Compare two other plugins
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.