Decision Workspace
hacker-news-mcp vs turbomcp-cli vs universal-tool-core
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
hacker-news-mcp
experimentalv0.1.1
A Rust MCP server for Hacker News — browse stories, read comments, search, and view user profiles
60
turbomcp-cli
growingv3.0.10
Command-line tools for managing and testing MCP servers
59
universal-tool-core
experimentalv0.2.8
DEPRECATED: Use agentic-tools-* crates and agentic-mcp instead. Core runtime library for Universal Tool Framework.
Core Metrics
| hacker-news-mcp | turbomcp-cli | universal-tool-core | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 60 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 28 | 8.9K | 3.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 28 | 194 | 75 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| Releases | 2 | 69 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 14d ago | 1d ago | 1d ago |
| Age | 14d | 7m | 7m |
Health Breakdown
hacker-news-mcp
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
turbomcp-cli
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
universal-tool-core
Maintenance
20
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| hacker-news-mcp | turbomcp-cli | universal-tool-core | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 3.0.10 | 0.2.8 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 20 | 25 |
| Crate Size | 23KB | 64KB | 28KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.89.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •turbomcp-cli leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •hacker-news-mcp, universal-tool-core are pre-1.0 — API may change.