Glif vs Familiar
Glif is an MCP server published by glif.app. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, Community GitHub marketplaces). Familiar is an MCP server published by familiarvtt.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). 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 |   Glif |  Familiar |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 32 Stars (GitHub): 218 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 3.0.0 Downloads/month (npm): 953 Downloads/week (npm): 326 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:3f93ddceeb99 Forks (GitHub): 32 Pulls (Docker Hub): 20 178 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 218 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 3.0.0 Downloads/month (npm): 953 Downloads/week (npm): 326 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | Glif | Familiar |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 218 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 20 178 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 32 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-08 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server or your machine | On your machine (familiar-vtt) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP, stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 10 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 3, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 11 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/glifxyz/glif-mcp-server | github.com/ryanjansen92/familiar-releases |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Status out of date: last check 47 h ago returned HTTP 405 | no remote endpoint we check |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
Glif
Generate images, video, and audio with Glif's media-generation agent
Familiar
AI co-pilot for Foundry VTT: runs combat, scenes, voices and audio. Requires the Familiar module.
How to run each
Glif As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http glif https://glif.app/api/mcpFamiliar As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio familiar -- npx -y familiar-vttCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Glif has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Familiar publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Familiar publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Glif · What it can do: Familiar · Compare two other plugins
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. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.