mcpgawk vs VMware AVI
mcpgawk is an MCP server published by gawk-dev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). VMware AVI is an MCP server published by vmware-skills. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 |  mcpgawk |  VMware AVI |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.1.78 Downloads/month (PyPI): 4 766 Downloads/week (PyPI): 1 072 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 2.0.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 151 Downloads/week (PyPI): 261 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 2 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 | mcpgawk | VMware AVI |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcpgawk) | On your machine (vmware-avi) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/gawk-dev/mcpgawk | github.com/vmware-skills/vmware-avi |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 1 |
| 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
mcpgawk
Measure MCP servers, pin the approved tool surface, refuse calls to tools that changed. Local-first.
VMware AVI
VMware AVI (NSX ALB) load balancer plus AKO Kubernetes ops — 28 MCP tools.
How to run each
mcpgawk As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio mcpgawk -- uvx mcpgawk mcpVMware AVI As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio vmware-avi -- uvx vmware-avi 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
The marketplaces of mcpgawk publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: mcpgawk · What it can do: VMware AVI · 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.