Olostep MCP Server vs XKnow Knowledge Base
Olostep MCP Server is an MCP server published by olostep. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). XKnow Knowledge Base is an MCP server published by techreone. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. 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 |  Olostep MCP Server |  XKnow Knowledge Base |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.0.19 Downloads/month (npm): 763 Downloads/week (npm): 220 Forks (GitHub): 10 Stars (GitHub): 25 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.0.2 Downloads/month (npm): 170 Downloads/week (npm): 28 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | Olostep MCP Server | XKnow Knowledge Base |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 25 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 10 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-28 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server or your machine | On your machine (xknow-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 14 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/olostep/olostep-mcp-server | github.com/techreone/xknow-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 6 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | not checked yet | no remote endpoint we check |
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
Olostep MCP Server
Live web search, scraping and crawling API for AI. Get structured, LLM-ready data from any site.
XKnow Knowledge Base
Search and explore source-backed SEO, SaaS, and LLM-wiki knowledge from the XKnow knowledge base.
How to run each
Olostep MCP Server As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http olostep-mcp-server https://mcp.olostep.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: Authorization header
XKnow Knowledge Base As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio xknow-mcp -- npx -y xknow-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 XKnow Knowledge Base publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Olostep MCP Server · What it can do: XKnow Knowledge Base · 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-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.