agentguard vs Vaara
agentguard is an MCP server published by agentwares. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). Vaara is an MCP server published by vaaraio. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-18. 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 |  Vaara | |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.1.9 Downloads/month (npm): 1 131 Downloads/week (npm): 862 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 2.15.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 7 475 Downloads/week (PyPI): 2 009 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 15 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 | agentguard | Vaara |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 15 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 1 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-18 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@agentwares/agentguard) | On your machine (vaara) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | 2, secrets among them: 0 | 2, secrets among them: 0 |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/agentwares/agentguard | github.com/vaaraio/vaara |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 12 |
| 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
agentguard
MCP policy proxy: spend caps, approvals for destructive tools, kill switch, dry-run, audit log.
Vaara
Accountable autonomy proxy: gating, tamper-evident audit, time anchor for every action
How to run each
agentguard As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio agentguard -- npx -y @agentwares/agentguardVaara As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio vaara -- uvx --from vaara vaara-mcp-proxy vaara --upstream "<YOUR_UPSTREAM>"Requires: --upstream
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Only agentguard asks for
AGENTGUARD_CONFIGAGENTGUARD_KILL
Only Vaara asks for
VAARA_API_KEYVAARA_DB
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: agentguard · What it can do: Vaara · Compare two other plugins
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