Cleaner Code vs Apktool MCP Server

In-depth architectural comparison of the Cleaner Code and Apktool MCP Server 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.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Cleaner Code when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Security domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Detects 30+ invisible Unicode variants including Zero-Width Space, Identifies BiDi/Trojan Source attacks (CVE-2021-42574), Finds homoglyphs using Cyrillic/Greek confusables (CVE-2021-42694).

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Choose Apktool MCP Server when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Security domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: APK decoding through Apktool, Manifest and apktool.yml inspection, Smali and resource file access.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Cleaner Code goldmembrane Security	Apktool MCP Server zinja-coder Security
Summary	AI code security scanner MCP server. Detects 9 categories of threats in AI-generated code (invisible Unicode, Trojan Source, homoglyphs, Glassworm steganography, rules file backdoors, dependency typosquatting, obfuscation) using static analysis plus CodeBERT deep learning. Runs locally, free tier.	APKTool MCP Server is a MCP server for the Apk Tool to provide automation in reverse engineering of Android APKs.
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Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

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).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "goldmembrane-cleaner-code": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "goldmembrane-cleaner-code"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zinja-coder-apktool-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "httpx"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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