Knowa vs LoreDocs
Knowa is an MCP server published by knowalabs.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). LoreDocs is an MCP server published by labyrinth-analytics. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. 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 |  Knowa |  LoreDocs |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.1.0 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.1.28 Downloads/month (PyPI): 581 Downloads/week (PyPI): 163 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.19 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 4 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 | Knowa | LoreDocs |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 4 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (app.knowalabs.com/api/mcp) | On your machine (loredocs) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 3 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | BSL-1.1 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/sonal-sithara/knowa | github.com/labyrinth-analytics/loredocs |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Not responding since 2026-10-16 | 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
Knowa
Team docs served to AI agents over MCP - search, Markdown reads, version pinning, read audit.
LoreDocs
Local-first knowledge vaults for project docs and specs. Tagged, versioned, full-text searchable.
How to run each
Knowa As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http knowa https://app.knowalabs.com/api/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: Authorization header
LoreDocs As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "LOREDOCS_PRO=<YOUR_LOREDOCS_PRO>" --transport stdio loredocs -- uvx loredocsRequires: LOREDOCS_PRO (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Knowa 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 Knowa publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Knowa · What it can do: LoreDocs · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.