MCP Comparison
Compare features, tools, and capabilities of these MCP servers side by side.
MetaMCP
MetaMCP is a MCP proxy that lets you dynamically aggregate MCP servers into a unified MCP server, and apply middlewares. MetaMCP itself is a MCP server so it can be easily plugged into ANY MCP clients. It functions as an MCP Aggregator, Orchestrator, Middleware, and Gateway all in one docker image, enabling scalable, configurable hosting of multiple MCP servers behind a single endpoint with flexible authentication, tooling, and annotations. This README introduces core concepts such as MCP Server configurations, Namespaces, Endpoints, Middleware, Inspector, and Tool Overrides & Annotations, and provides quick-start guidance for running MetaMCP with Docker, building a development environment, and integrating with clients like Claude Desktop via proxies. It also covers MCP protocol compatibility, authentication options (including API keys, OAuth, and OIDC), and integration guidance for developers looking to remix MCP tool flows and middleware pipelines.
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 | MetaMCP | Hugging Face MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Verified | ||
| Official | ||
| Tools Available | 4 | 3 |
| Has Installation Guide | ||
| Has Examples | ||
| Website | ||
| Source Code |
- list_tools
- call_tool
- mcp-proxy
- uvx
- hf_doc_fetch
- hf_doc_search
- authenticate
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