Horse Truth Machine Intelligence vs io.github.firebase/firebase-mcp
Horse Truth Machine Intelligence is an MCP server published by horsetruth.com.au. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). io.github.firebase/firebase-mcp is an MCP server published by firebase. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. 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 |  io.github.firebase/firebase-mcp | |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.0.0 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.3.0 Downloads/month (npm): 14 088 257 Downloads/week (npm): 3 454 538 Forks (GitHub): 1 267 Stars (GitHub): 4 475 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 4 462 Stars (GitHub): 41 694 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 | Horse Truth Machine Intelligence | io.github.firebase/firebase-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 3 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 41 694 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 4 462 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (horsetruth.com.au/api/v1/mcp) | On your machine (firebase-tools) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 15 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | Not stated | github.com/firebase/firebase-tools |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 24 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
Horse Truth Machine Intelligence
Derived Australian racehorse intelligence for AI agents, MCP clients, software and publishers.
io.github.firebase/firebase-mcp
Gives AI development tools Firebase-specific capabilities and expertise.
How to run each
Horse Truth Machine Intelligence As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http machine-intelligence https://horsetruth.com.au/api/v1/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: Authorization header
io.github.firebase/firebase-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio firebase-mcp -- npx -y mcp firebase-toolsCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Horse Truth Machine Intelligence 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 Horse Truth Machine Intelligence publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Horse Truth Machine Intelligence · What it can do: io.github.firebase/firebase-mcp · 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-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.