MCP Comparison
Compare features, tools, and capabilities of these MCP servers side by side.
Chrome MCP Server
Chrome MCP Server is a Chrome extension-based Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes your Chrome browser functionality to AI assistants like Claude, enabling complex browser automation, content analysis, and semantic search. It leverages your existing Chrome environment, including login states and configurations, to allow large language models and chatbots to control the browser natively without needing to launch a separate automation process. The project emphasizes privacy by remaining fully local and offers capabilities such as cross-tab context, streamable HTTP communication, and a built-in vector database for semantic search and content analysis. As an early-stage project, it includes a growing set of tools for browser control, inspection, and automation, with ongoing development to broaden compatibility and features.
Hugging Face MCP Server
Hugging Face Official MCP Server connects your large language models (LLMs) to the Hugging Face Hub and thousands of Gradio AI Applications, enabling seamless MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration across multiple transports. It supports STDIO, SSE (to be deprecated but still commonly deployed), StreamableHTTP, and StreamableHTTPJson, with the Web Application allowing dynamic tool management and status updates. This MCP server is designed to be run locally or in Docker, and it provides integrations with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Gemini CLI (and its extension), VSCode, and Cursor, making it easy to configure and manage MCP-enabled tools and endpoints. Tools such as hf_doc_search and hf_doc_fetch can be enabled to enhance document discovery, and an optional Authenticate tool can be included to handle OAuth challenges when called.
| Feature | Chrome MCP Server | Hugging Face MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Verified | ||
| Official | ||
| Tools Available | 22 | 3 |
| Has Installation Guide | ||
| Has Examples | ||
| Website | ||
| Source Code |
- get_windows_and_tabs
- chrome_navigate
- chrome_switch_tab
- chrome_close_tabs
- chrome_go_back_or_forward
- chrome_inject_script
- chrome_send_command_to_inject_script
- chrome_screenshot
- chrome_network_capture_start/stop
- chrome_network_debugger_start/stop
- +12 more tools
- hf_doc_fetch
- hf_doc_search
- authenticate
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