ai.windsock/windsock vs SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You
ai.windsock/windsock is an MCP server published by windsock.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You is an MCP server published by darshjoshi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-26. 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 |  ai.windsock/windsock |  SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.0.4 Downloads/month (npm): 130 Downloads/week (npm): 13 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.2.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 64 Downloads/week (PyPI): 15 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | ai.windsock/windsock | SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (windsock.ai/mcp) | On your machine (skyglance) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 3, secrets among them: 0 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/team-windsock/windsock-mcp | github.com/darshjoshi/skyglance-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 42 h ago | no remote endpoint we check |
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
ai.windsock/windsock
Aircraft valuations, registry lookup, cost of ownership, market metrics, reports and logbooks.
SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You
What's flying above you: live aircraft, identity, routes, and your own sighting history.
How to run each
ai.windsock/windsock As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http windsock https://windsock.ai/mcpRequires: WINDSOCK_API_KEY (secret)
SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio skyglance -- uvx skyglanceCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only ai.windsock/windsock has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Only ai.windsock/windsock asks for
WINDSOCK_API_KEY (secret)
Only SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You asks for
SKYGLANCE_HOME_LATSKYGLANCE_HOME_LONSKYGLANCE_POLL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: ai.windsock/windsock · What it can do: SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.