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Openlibrary vs Semantic Scholar MCP Server
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Search books and authors, fetch editions, browse subjects, and resolve cover images.
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MCP server for the Semantic Scholar API: search 200M+ papers, citations, authors, recommendations.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Openlibrary (93/100 against 83). Openlibrary is hosted and callable through the gateway; Semantic Scholar MCP Server runs on your own machine.
| Openlibrary | Semantic Scholar MCP Server | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A93/100 | B83/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | Growing |
| GitHub stars | 4 | 21 |
| Downloads / week | 428 | 310 |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | 10 | 14 |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-14 |
| Category | Web search | Web search |