Plug and Ship vs PulseMCP
PulseMCP is an MCP server directory with a newsletter, guides and a directory of MCP clients. Plug and Ship is a launch board and directory for MCP servers, agent skills and plugins. The biggest practical difference right now: PulseMCP's submit page says new submissions are paused.
Plug and Ship publishes this page. Every claim about PulseMCP links to PulseMCP'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 | PulseMCP | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | A directory of MCP servers and clients, with use cases, posts and The Agentic Loop newsletter. [1] |
| Catalog | about 22,900 open-source tools with a public GitHub repo, ranked with live GitHub data. | 21,688 MCP servers (as of October 17, 2026), classified as official, reference or community. [2] |
| Kinds of tools | MCP servers, agent skills (SKILL.md) and coding-agent plugins, side by side. | MCP servers and MCP clients. [1] |
| Submissions | Free. Submit a public GitHub repo and it joins the launch queue. Fast-track ($19 once) only lets you pick the day. | Paused. The submit page says new servers and listing changes are on hold and suggests publishing to the official MCP Registry in the meantime (checked October 17, 2026). [3] |
| Popularity signal | GitHub stars and stars gained in the last 7 days. | Estimated weekly visitors per server, with sorting by popularity. [2] |
| Search | Plain-language intent search. Each result says why it matched (name, description, README, filters). | Search with filters (remote available, classification) and sorting by popularity, release date or name. [2] |
Where PulseMCP is stronger
- Editorial depth: guides, use cases and a newsletter, written by people active in the MCP community. One of the two people behind it sits on the MCP Steering Committee and helps maintain the official MCP Registry. [1]
- A directory of MCP clients as well as servers. [1]
- Each server is labelled official, reference or community, which helps you find the vendor's own server. [2]
Where Plug and Ship differs
Which one to use
Pick PulseMCP to read about MCP, follow the newsletter or browse MCP clients. If you have a new server, publish it to the official MCP Registry, which PulseMCP says it will pick up when submissions reopen.
Pick Plug and Ship when you want to launch now, or search MCP servers, skills and plugins together.
FAQ
- Is PulseMCP accepting new MCP servers?
- Not as of October 17, 2026. Its submit page says submissions and listing changes are temporarily paused, with no reopening date, and points authors to the official MCP Registry.
- Where can I submit my MCP server while PulseMCP is paused?
- The official MCP Registry first, then directories that accept submissions now: Plug and Ship, Glama, Smithery and mcp.so.
- Does Plug and Ship list MCP clients?
- No. Plug and Ship lists MCP servers, agent skills and plugins. PulseMCP has a clients directory.
Sources
Checked on October 17, 2026. Prices and numbers on other sites change; follow the links for the current version.
- PulseMCP home page https://www.pulsemcp.com/
- PulseMCP server directory https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers
- PulseMCP submit page https://www.pulsemcp.com/submit
- Official MCP Registry https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/
- Plug and Ship: submit a tool https://plugandship.dev/submit
- Plug and Ship developer docs (MCP endpoint, API, search ranking) https://plugandship.dev/developers