SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You vs FlightDB
SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You is an MCP server published by darshjoshi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). FlightDB is an MCP server published by flightdb. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-15. 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 |  SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You |  FlightDB |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.2.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 64 Downloads/week (PyPI): 30 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You | FlightDB |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (skyglance) | Remote server (flightdb.org/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 3, secrets among them: 0 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/darshjoshi/skyglance-mcp | github.com/flightdb/flightdb-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 1 h ago, requires a key |
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
SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You
What's flying above you: live aircraft, identity, routes, and your own sighting history.
FlightDB
Aircraft registry search, flight history, and analytics powered by ADS-B Exchange data.
How to run each
SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio skyglance -- uvx skyglanceFlightDB As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http flightdb https://flightdb.org/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only FlightDB 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 FlightDB publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: SkyGlance — What's Flying Above You · What it can do: FlightDB · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.