Pieces vs Anthropic MCP

FeaturePiecesAnthropic MCP
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Development
PricingFree + ProFree (open standard)
GitHub Stars—45,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Snippet management
  • ✓ Context awareness
  • ✓ Multi-IDE
  • ✓ Offline mode
  • ✓ AI copilot
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
Tags
snippetsproductivityofflinecoding
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard