Pinto Notes vs Outline MCP Server
Pinto Notes is an MCP server published by ambernotes.app. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). Outline MCP Server is an MCP server published by Vortiago. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, PyPI (MCP servers), Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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 |   Pinto Notes |  Outline MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed, marked deprecated Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 29 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.10.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 398 Downloads/week (PyPI): 503 Forks (GitHub): 46 Stars (GitHub): 158 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.10.1 Forks (GitHub): 46 Stars (GitHub): 158 Not marked · First seen |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.10.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 398 Downloads/week (PyPI): 503 Forks (GitHub): 46 Stars (GitHub): 158 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 | Pinto Notes | Outline MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 4 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 29 (worse) | 158 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 3 (worse) | 46 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.ambernotes.app) | On your machine (mcp-outline) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 6, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 3 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/amber-notes/amber-notes | github.com/vortiago/mcp-outline |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 3 days ago, requires a key | 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
Pinto Notes
Search, read and edit your notes in Pinto Notes (formerly Amber Notes): checklists and tables.
Outline MCP Server
Connect AI assistants to Outline for document search, reading, and management
How to run each
Pinto Notes As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http amber-notes https://mcp.ambernotes.appOutline MCP Server As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "OUTLINE_API_KEY=<YOUR_OUTLINE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio mcp-outline -- uvx mcp-outlineRequires: OUTLINE_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Pinto Notes 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
The marketplaces of Pinto Notes publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Pinto Notes · What it can do: Outline MCP Server · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). 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.