Gopher & Gemini MCP Server vs io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp
Gopher & Gemini MCP Server is an MCP server published by cameronrye. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp is an MCP server published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Cursor: cursor/plugins, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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 |  Gopher & Gemini MCP Server |  io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.10.2 Downloads/month (PyPI): 623 Downloads/week (PyPI): 133 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 12 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.0.82 Downloads/month (npm): 30 500 978 Downloads/week (npm): 6 524 222 Forks (GitHub): 3 257 Stars (GitHub): 38 204 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 4 295 Stars (GitHub): 38 565 Not marked · First seen |
| Cursor: cursor/plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 133 Stars (GitHub): 11 569 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:8771dc4666e7 Forks (GitHub): 3 257 Pulls (Docker Hub): 2 470 408 Stars (Docker Hub): 38 Stars (GitHub): 38 204 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 | Gopher & Gemini MCP Server | io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 4 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 12 (worse) | 38 565 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 2 470 408 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 5 (worse) | 4 295 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (gopher-mcp) | On your machine (@playwright/mcp) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 23 |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/cameronrye/gopher-mcp | github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 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
Gopher & Gemini MCP Server
Browse Gopher and Gemini resources safely: SSRF protection, TLS/TOFU, structured JSON output.
io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp
Playwright Tools for MCP
How to run each
Gopher & Gemini MCP Server As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio gopher-mcp -- uvx gopher-mcpio.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio playwright-mcp -- npx -y @playwright/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Gopher & Gemini MCP Server publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: Gopher & Gemini MCP Server · What it can do: io.github.microsoft/playwright-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 the public marketplace file https://github.com/cursor/plugins/blob/HEAD/.cursor-plugin/marketplace.json. 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 . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.