rowstile vs DB Connect MCP
rowstile is an MCP server published by rowstile. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). DB Connect MCP is an MCP server published by yugui923. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-26. 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 |  rowstile |  DB Connect MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.1.0-beta.1 Downloads/month (npm): 806 Downloads/week (npm): 533 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.3.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 361 Downloads/week (PyPI): 123 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 6 Not marked · First seen |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.10.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 361 Downloads/week (PyPI): 123 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 6 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 | rowstile | DB Connect MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 3 (worse) | 6 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 4 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-22 (better) | 2026-10-21 (worse) |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (rowstile) | On your machine (db-connect-mcp) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/rowstile/rowstile | github.com/yugui923/db-connect-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| 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
rowstile
Check, test, prove and review a rowstile policy: access rules for Postgres row-level security
DB Connect MCP
Multi-database MCP server for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and ClickHouse
How to run each
rowstile As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio rowstile -- npx -y rowstile mcpDB Connect MCP As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "DATABASE_URL=<YOUR_DATABASE_URL>" --transport stdio db-connect-mcp -- uvx db-connect-mcpRequires: DATABASE_URL (secret)
Commands 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 rowstile publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: rowstile · What it can do: DB Connect MCP · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.