A side-by-side look at the Fyyd and Podwise MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Fyyd for podcasts work as a local process; choose Podwise for podcasts over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
search_podcasts, search_episodes, get_podcast.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | P Podwise | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Podcasts | Podcasts |
| Quality signal | 56/100 · Good | 60/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | OAuth 2.0 |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 7 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Fyyd | View Podwise |
search_podcastsfyyd, the open podcast directory — search podcast shows by title term, optionally restricted to a language code, up to 30 per page. Returns each show's fyyd podcast id, title, author, description, RSS feed URL, artwork and episode count. Answers which podcast shows exist under a name and where the RSS feed is.search_episodesfyyd, the open podcast directory — search individual podcast episodes, matching the term against episode titles and show-note descriptions, optionally filtered by language. Returns each episode's fyyd id, title, description, publication date, duration, audio enclosure URL and its parent podcast id. Answers which podcast episode covered a subject and where to listen to it.get_podcastPodcast metadata + recent episodes.get_podcast_by_urlResolve an RSS feed URL to its fyyd id.latest_episodesLatest episodes for a podcast.top_podcastsReturn the most popular podcasts on fyyd, optionally filtered by category slug and language code, with up to 30 results per call.categoriesCategory tree.No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"fyyd": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-fyyd"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"podwise": {
"url": "https://docs.podwise.ai/mcp"
}
}
}