Decision Workspace
mcp-news vs news-mcp vs mcp-knowledge-base
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
mcp-news
experimentalv1.5.1
Global news intelligence MCP server — real-time articles, trending topics, sentiment via GDELT (free) and NewsAPI
46
news-mcp
experimentalv0.1.4
Rust MCP server for fetching news from RSS feeds with background polling, article content extraction, and multiple transport modes
43
mcp-knowledge-base
experimentalv1.2.0
Knowledge Base MCP Server — articles, policies, known issues, TF-IDF search, feedback loops, gap detection, and source-grounded answers
Core Metrics
| mcp-news | news-mcp | mcp-knowledge-base | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 46 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 147 | 70 | 52 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 48d ago | 81d ago | 50d ago |
| Age | 1m | 3m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
mcp-news
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
news-mcp
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
mcp-knowledge-base
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| mcp-news | news-mcp | mcp-knowledge-base | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.5.1 | 0.1.4 | 1.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 24 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 24KB | 88KB | 19KB |
| Features | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mcp-news leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •news-mcp is pre-1.0 — API may change.