MCP Catalogs
Home

opentabs vs xiaohongshu-mcp

Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.

opentabs
by opentabs-dev
xiaohongshu-mcp
by xpzouying
Stars★ 579★ 13,616
30d uses
Score5359
Official
Categories
Browser AutomationDeveloper ToolsProductivity
social-mediaBrowser AutomationWeb Scraping
LanguageTypeScriptGo
Last committhis monththis month

opentabs · Summary

Browser automation server that authenticates with web APIs through browser sessions, exposing 100+ plugins with ~2,000 tools.

xiaohongshu-mcp · Summary

MCP server for automating Xiaohongshu operations including content posting, commenting, and user interaction.

opentabs · Use cases

  • Automating tasks across multiple web services without API keys
  • Building custom AI agents that interact with web applications
  • Creating workflows that integrate authenticated API calls

xiaohongshu-mcp · Use cases

  • Automated content publishing to maintain social media presence
  • AI-powered social media management for businesses
  • Content research and analysis through automated search

opentabs · Install

# Install CLI globally
npm install -g @opentabs-dev/cli

# Start the server
opentabs start
  1. Go to chrome://extensions/ in Chrome (enable Developer mode)
  2. Load the extension from ~/.opentabs/extension (Load unpacked)

For Claude Desktop, add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opentabs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@opentabs-dev/cli", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

xiaohongshu-mcp · Install

Installation Options

**Option 1: Download Precompiled Binary**

  1. Download the binary for your platform from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/xpzouying/xiaohongshu-mcp/releases)
  2. Run the login tool first: chmod +x xiaohongshu-login-darwin-arm64 && ./xiaohongshu-login-darwin-arm64
  3. Start the MCP service: chmod +x xiaohongshu-mcp-darwin-arm64 && ./xiaohongshu-mcp-darwin-arm64

**Option 2: Use Docker (Recommended)**

docker pull xpzouying/xiaohongshu-mcp
docker compose up -d```

**Option 3: Build from Source**
1. Clone the repository
2. Run `go run cmd/login/main.go` for login
3. Run `go run .` to start the MCP service

### Claude Desktop Configuration
Add to your `claude_desktop_config.json`:
```json
"mcpServers": {
  "xiaohongshu": {
    "command": "path/to/xiaohongshu-mcp",
    "args": []
  }
}
Comparison generated from public README + GitHub signals. Last updated automatically.