Free the Tools vs io.github.theluckystrike/archive
Free the Tools is an MCP server published by sapience-design. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). io.github.theluckystrike/archive is an MCP server published by theluckystrike. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. 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 |   Free the Tools |  io.github.theluckystrike/archive |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.1.2 Downloads/month (npm): 808 Downloads/week (npm): 743 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.22.5 Forks (GitHub): 0 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 | Free the Tools | io.github.theluckystrike/archive |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-11 (worse) | 2026-10-14 (better) |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (freethetools) | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | stdio, Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | AGPL-3.0-only | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/sapience-design/freethetools | github.com/theluckystrike/mcp-servers |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 2 days ago |
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
Free the Tools
Local PDF, image, data and text tools for AI assistants. Files stay on your computer.
io.github.theluckystrike/archive
Zip and unzip archives from your AI chat: create, list, extract. Offline, with bomb guards.
How to run each
Free the Tools As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio freethetools -- npx -y freethetools mcpio.github.theluckystrike/archive As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http zip-archive-create-extract-bomb-guard https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/zip --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: MCP_LICENSE_KEY (secret), Authorization header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only io.github.theluckystrike/archive has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Only Free the Tools asks for
FREETHETOOLS_LIBRARY
Only io.github.theluckystrike/archive asks for
MCP_LICENSE_KEY (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Free the Tools · What it can do: io.github.theluckystrike/archive · 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.