Text Spreadsheet vs Airtable
Text Spreadsheet is an MCP server published by demos-ra. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). Airtable is an MCP server published by domdomegg. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-30. 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 |   Airtable | |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.5.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 037 Downloads/week (PyPI): 114 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.14.0 Downloads/month (npm): 11 238 Downloads/week (npm): 3 490 Forks (GitHub): 131 Stars (GitHub): 456 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:3d15a7da38f6 Forks (GitHub): 131 Pulls (Docker Hub): 20 365 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 456 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 | Text Spreadsheet | Airtable |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 3 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 456 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 20 365 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 131 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (text-spreadsheet) | On your machine (airtable-mcp-server) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 16 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 6 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | Not stated | github.com/domdomegg/airtable-mcp-server |
| 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
Text Spreadsheet
Read and filter Excel, ODS, CSV, SQLite, Parquet and MTSV files — or a directory — as plain text
Airtable
Read and write access to Airtable database schemas, tables, and records.
How to run each
Text Spreadsheet As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio text-spreadsheet -- uvx text-spreadsheetAirtable As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "AIRTABLE_API_KEY=<YOUR_AIRTABLE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio airtable-mcp-server -- npx -y airtable-mcp-serverRequires: AIRTABLE_API_KEY (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 Text Spreadsheet publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Text Spreadsheet publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Text Spreadsheet · What it can do: Airtable · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. 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.