Plug and Ship vs Glama
Glama runs the largest MCP index we checked, builds and scans every server, and sells hosting and a gateway on top. Plug and Ship is smaller and covers agent skills and plugins as well as MCP servers, with a daily launch board.
Plug and Ship publishes this page. Every claim about Glama links to Glama's own site, listed under Sources. MCP here means the Model Context Protocol, the open standard AI agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex use to call outside tools.
Side by side
| Plug and Ship | Glama | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A free directory and daily launch board for MCP servers, agent skills and plugins for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and other coding agents. | An MCP registry, browser inspector and gateway. Calls itself a superset of the official MCP Registry. [1][3] |
| Catalog | about 22,900 open-source tools with a public GitHub repo, ranked with live GitHub data. | 102,766 MCP servers, 32,903 connectors and about 1.03 million tools indexed (as of October 17, 2026). [1] |
| Kinds of tools | MCP servers, agent skills (SKILL.md) and coding-agent plugins, side by side. | MCP servers and hosted MCP connectors. [1] |
| Quality checks | Live GitHub stars, recent commits, license and install config, shown on each page. | Builds each server in a sandbox, watches its behavior, scores every tool definition (TDQS) and shows license, quality and maintenance grades. [3][1] |
| Hosting | None. Listings link to the repo and show the install line or a one-click Add to Cursor button. | Free to browse and install locally. Paid one-click hosting, and a gateway with call logs, per-tool access control and managed OAuth. [1][2] |
| Listing | Free. Submit a public GitHub repo and it joins the launch queue. Fast-track ($19 once) only lets you pick the day. | Free. Add a GitHub repo with Add MCP Server; the submitter must have write or admin access. Connectors need an HTTPS Streamable HTTP URL. [1][2][3] |
| Search | Plain-language intent search. Each result says why it matched (name, description, README, filters). | Searches servers and individual tools by capability, with MCP annotation hints. [2] |
| For agents | Remote MCP endpoint at /mcp with a search_tools tool, plus a read-only JSON API. No key. | Public API over the registry data, plus the gateway endpoint for connectors. [3][2] |
Where Glama is stronger
- Glama indexes several times more MCP servers than Plug and Ship lists. [1]
- Sandboxed builds, behavioral analysis and per-tool scores go much deeper than the GitHub signals Plug and Ship shows. [3]
- Hosting, a gateway and an in-browser inspector let you test and run servers without installing them. [1][2]
Where Plug and Ship differs
Which one to use
Pick Glama when you need the widest MCP catalog, security findings before you run a server, or managed hosting and a gateway.
Pick Plug and Ship when you want MCP servers, skills and plugins in one place, a quick install line, or a launch day for something you just built.
FAQ
- Is listing on Glama free?
- Yes. Glama's home page says to list your server for free; hosting on Glama is the paid part.
- Which is bigger, Glama or Plug and Ship?
- Glama. It showed 102,766 MCP servers on October 17, 2026. Plug and Ship lists about 22,900 tools across MCP servers, skills and plugins.
- Does Plug and Ship host MCP servers like Glama?
- No. Plug and Ship links to each project and shows how to install it; it does not run servers for you.
Sources
Checked on October 17, 2026. Prices and numbers on other sites change; follow the links for the current version.
- Glama home page https://glama.ai/
- Glama MCP FAQ https://glama.ai/mcp/faq
- Glama: how Glama indexes the MCP ecosystem https://glama.ai/mcp/methodology
- Plug and Ship: submit a tool https://plugandship.dev/submit
- Plug and Ship developer docs (MCP endpoint, API, search ranking) https://plugandship.dev/developers