Comparison

HTTP vs io.github.Couchbase-Ecosystem/mcp-server-couchbase

HTTP is an MCP server published by Abhishekkumar2021. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). io.github.Couchbase-Ecosystem/mcp-server-couchbase is an MCP server published by Couchbase-Ecosystem. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	HTTP	io.github.Couchbase-Ecosystem/mcp-server-couchbase
Official MCP Registry	Listed Version: 0.1.0 Downloads/month (npm): 184 Downloads/week (npm): 31 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Listed, marked deprecated Version: 0.8.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 200 Downloads/week (PyPI): 247 Forks (GitHub): 34 Stars (GitHub): 34 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Not listed	Listed Version: sha256:85a104706d8b Forks (GitHub): 34 Pulls (Docker Hub): 36 682 Stars (Docker Hub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 34 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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

HTTP vs io.github.Couchbase-Ecosystem/mcp-server-couchbase
Fact	HTTP	io.github.Couchbase-Ecosystem/mcp-server-couchbase
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1 (worse)	2 (better)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	1 (worse)	34 (better)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	No figure on Docker Hub	36 682
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0 (worse)	34 (better)
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (@abhishekmcp/http)	On your machine (couchbase-mcp-server)
Transport	stdio	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	Not published	20
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	2, secrets among them: 0	33, secrets among them: 1
Licence (differs)	MIT	Apache-2.0
Repository (differs)	github.com/abhishekkumar2021/mcp-suite	github.com/couchbase-ecosystem/mcp-server-couchbase
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	2	0
First seen	2026-10-11	2026-10-11

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

HTTP

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

HTTP/REST client with saved collections, env secrets, and SSRF-safe host allowlisting.

io.github.Couchbase-Ecosystem/mcp-server-couchbase

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Couchbase Model Context Protocol Server to interact with Couchbase clusters

How to run each

HTTP As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "HTTP_ALLOW_HOSTS=<YOUR_HTTP_ALLOW_HOSTS>" --transport stdio http -- npx -y @abhishekmcp/http

Requires: HTTP_ALLOW_HOSTS

io.github.Couchbase-Ecosystem/mcp-server-couchbase As a local MCP server: PyPI package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "CB_PASSWORD=<YOUR_CB_PASSWORD>" --transport stdio mcp-server-couchbase -- uvx couchbase-mcp-server

Requires: CB_PASSWORD (secret)

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of HTTP publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

Only HTTP asks for

HTTP_ALLOW_HOSTS
HTTP_WRITABLE

Only io.github.Couchbase-Ecosystem/mcp-server-couchbase asks for

CB_BUCKET_NAME
CB_CA_CERT_PATH
CB_CLIENT_CERT_PATH
CB_CLIENT_KEY_PATH
CB_CONNECTION_STRING
CB_MCP_CONFIRMATION_REQUIRED_TOOLS
CB_MCP_DISABLED_TOOLS
CB_MCP_HOST
CB_MCP_LOG_DEBUG_RETENTION_BACKUP_COUNT
CB_MCP_LOG_DEBUG_ROTATION_MAX_SIZE_MB
CB_MCP_LOG_ERROR_RETENTION_BACKUP_COUNT
CB_MCP_LOG_ERROR_ROTATION_MAX_SIZE_MB

Show the remaining 23

CB_MCP_LOG_FILE
CB_MCP_LOG_INFO_RETENTION_BACKUP_COUNT
CB_MCP_LOG_INFO_ROTATION_MAX_SIZE_MB
CB_MCP_LOG_LEVEL
CB_MCP_LOG_MAX_BYTES
CB_MCP_LOG_RETENTION_BACKUP_COUNT
CB_MCP_LOG_ROTATION_MAX_SIZE_MB
CB_MCP_LOG_SINKS
CB_MCP_LOG_WARNING_RETENTION_BACKUP_COUNT
CB_MCP_LOG_WARNING_ROTATION_MAX_SIZE_MB
CB_MCP_OAUTH_JWT_ALGORITHM
CB_MCP_OAUTH_JWT_AUDIENCE
CB_MCP_OAUTH_JWT_ISSUER
CB_MCP_OAUTH_JWT_JWKS_URI
CB_MCP_OAUTH_MCP_BASE_URL
CB_MCP_OAUTH_SCOPE_READ_LABEL
CB_MCP_OAUTH_SCOPE_WRITE_LABEL
CB_MCP_PORT
CB_MCP_READ_ONLY_MODE
CB_MCP_READ_ONLY_QUERY_MODE
CB_MCP_TRANSPORT
CB_PASSWORD (secret)
CB_USERNAME

Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.

What it can do: HTTP · What it can do: io.github.Couchbase-Ecosystem/mcp-server-couchbase · 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. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-21. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.