Field-by-field comparison
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| Evidence field | Oxylabs MCPWatchlist candidate | Hugging Face MCPMCP100 Selected |
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| Provenance | ||
| Provenance details | First-party MCP io.oxylabs · Publisher source ↗ | First-party MCP Hugging Face · Publisher source ↗ |
| Maintenance | ||
| Maintenance details | Stale Repo: Not documented Package: Not documented | Repo: Aug 14, 2026 Package: Not documented |
| Popularity evidence | ||
| GitHub stars | Not documented | 273 GitHub stars · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z |
| Package downloads / 30 days | No reliable download data | 4,087 package downloads / 30 days · checked 2026-09-08 |
| Client coverage | ||
| Client coverage details | Not documented | Claude Code✓ Streamable HTTP Claude Desktop✓ Streamable HTTP Codex✓ Streamable HTTP VS Code✓ Streamable HTTP Cursor✓ Streamable HTTP OpenCode✓ Streamable HTTP |
| Client coverage note | Local stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server. | |
| Access and data | ||
| Authentication | Requires the credentials documented by the exact Oxylabs MCP implementation; exact credential fields must come from the bound repository/local reviewed evidence. | The hosted server supports browser login through `https://huggingface.co/mcp?login` or a Hugging Face bearer token. Use a fine-grained or read token unless writes or compute are explicitly required. |
| Cost | Oxylabs product/API usage is billable according to the account plan; exact pricing must come from publisher pricing. | Hub search and the open-source server have no separately documented MCP fee. Hugging Face Jobs, sandboxes, inference, storage, hardware-backed Spaces, and the AI client can incur normal account charges. |
| Permissions | Authority is limited by the Oxylabs account/API products and credentials; target collection can still have legal/compliance implications. | Base tools search and navigate Hugging Face Hub resources and documentation. Optional tools can create and write repositories, manage sandbox files, run or schedule Jobs, and invoke selected or dynamically discovered community Spaces, bounded by the authenticated Hugging Face token and configured tool set. |
| Data handling | URLs, queries and scraped web data flow through Oxylabs services and the connected AI client/provider. | Queries and results pass through Hugging Face's hosted MCP service. Community Space calls send their arguments to the selected Space and return its outputs to the client. Jobs and sandboxes can process files and compute inputs on Hugging Face infrastructure. |
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| Risk context | Web-data compliance plus credential/product scope are the primary risks. Do not conflate this server with the separate browser-control integration. | Begin with search-only tools and a least-privilege token. Disable dynamic Spaces, repository writes, Jobs, and sandboxes unless separately approved; review every community Space as third-party code and never send secrets or regulated data. This documentary review does not claim MCP100 execution testing. |
| Evidence date | ||
| Editorial review | 2026-09-13T00:00:00Z | 2026-07-24 |
| Candidate evidence | 2026-09-13T00:00:00Z | 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z |
Popularity, maintenance, fit, permissions, and client support are independent evidence fields.
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