Immich Photo Manager vs io.github.swperb/imgcli
Immich Photo Manager is an MCP server published by drolosoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). io.github.swperb/imgcli is an MCP server published by swperb. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. 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 |   Immich Photo Manager |  io.github.swperb/imgcli |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 2.0.11 Downloads/month (PyPI): 901 Downloads/week (PyPI): 210 Forks (GitHub): 10 Stars (GitHub): 60 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.2.0 Downloads/month (npm): 102 Downloads/week (npm): 12 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.4.0 Forks (GitHub): 10 Stars (GitHub): 60 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
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 | Immich Photo Manager | io.github.swperb/imgcli |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 60 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 10 (better) | 7 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (immich-photo-manager) | On your machine (imgcli-mcp) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 5, secrets among them: 1 | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 19 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/drolosoft/immich-photo-manager | github.com/swperb/imgcli |
| 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
Immich Photo Manager
Photo management for self-hosted Immich: search, albums, duplicates, faces, PDF reports. 94 tools.
io.github.swperb/imgcli
Convert, resize, crop, filter & composite images via the imgcli CLI (lightweight, no deps)
How to run each
Immich Photo Manager As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "IMMICH_API_KEY=<YOUR_IMMICH_API_KEY>" --env "IMMICH_BASE_URL=<YOUR_IMMICH_BASE_URL>" --transport stdio immich-photo-manager -- uvx immich-photo-managerRequires: IMMICH_API_KEY (secret), IMMICH_BASE_URL
io.github.swperb/imgcli As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio imgcli -- npx -y imgcli-mcpCommands 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 Immich Photo Manager asks for
IMMICH_API_KEY (secret)IMMICH_BASE_URLIMMICH_CACHE_DIRMCP_ALLOWED_HOSTSMCP_TRANSPORTPYTHONPATH
Only io.github.swperb/imgcli asks for
IMGCLI_BIN
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Immich Photo Manager · What it can do: io.github.swperb/imgcli · Compare two other plugins
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