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Supasidebar MCP vs Vibe MCP — Real Chrome, Remotely
In-depth architectural comparison of the Supasidebar MCP and Vibe MCP — Real Chrome, Remotely MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Supasidebar MCP
Browser Automation · Local stdio
Quality: 56/100 (Good) | Auth: No auth required
Vibe MCP — Real Chrome, Remotely
Browser Automation · Local stdio
Quality: 53/100 (Good) | Auth: No auth required
Verdict Summary: Choose Supasidebar MCP if you need specialized Browser Automation tools running via a local process. Choose Vibe MCP — Real Chrome, Remotely if your workspace requires Browser Automation integration with local subprocess execution. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.
Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
Choose Supasidebar MCP when:
You need dedicated capabilities in the Browser Automation domain.
You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
Access and organize your open browser tabs, bookmarks, and recently opened links across every macOS browser from your AI client. Powered by the free SupaSidebar app.
Drive your real, logged-in Chrome from any MCP client — even from a remote machine, no inbound port.
Get a complete guide to SupaSidebar's MCP capabilities. Shows all available tools, what they do, common user requests mapped to tool calls, setting categories, and feature presets. Call this first when you're unsure which tool to use.
list_spaces
List all spaces in SupaSidebar. Spaces are top-level collections that organize your links.
list_links
List links in a specific space or folder. Returns link names, URLs, tags, and notes.
search
Search across all links in SupaSidebar by name, URL, notes, or tags. Uses fuzzy matching.
list_folders
List folders in a space. Folders organize links hierarchically within a space.
list_tags
Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations
Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).
Supasidebar MCP is categorized under Browser Automation and uses a local stdio subprocess. In contrast, Vibe MCP — Real Chrome, Remotely belongs to Browser Automation using local stdio subprocess. Select Supasidebar MCP when you need capabilities focused on browser automation and Vibe MCP — Real Chrome, Remotely when you require tools for browser automation.
List all tags used across your links, sorted by usage count.
get_live_tabs
Get currently open browser tabs. Can filter by browser (Arc, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, Brave, etc).
list_recent
List recently opened links, ordered by most recent first. If you don't see what the user wants in the first call, do NOT give up — increase `limit` (the default of 50 is small relative to a power user's history), page back with `offset`, or narrow with `day`/`since`/`until`. To find what someone opened on a specific day, prefer `day="YYYY-MM-DD"` (or `"today"`/`"yesterday"`) over scrolling. Combine `day` with a higher `limit` to see everything from that day.
get_visibility
Check whether the sidebar and command panel are currently visible, without changing their state. Use this instead of toggling just to check.
toggle_sidebar
Toggle SupaSidebar visibility (show/hide). Returns the new visibility state.
launch_sidebar
Launch the SupaSidebar app if it's not already running. Uses macOS 'open -a' command.
toggle_command_panel
Toggle the SupaSidebar command panel (search/command palette). Opens it if closed, closes it if open.