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MCP Traffic Analyze with NPM is a development tool launched in December 2025 that integrates with NPM for traffic analysis. It helps developers monitor and analyze traffic data related to their NPM packages and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

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   MCP Traffic Analysis Tool▲38

   Wireshark-like forensic analysis for Model Context Protocol communications Capture, inspect, and investigate all HTTP requests and responses between your IDE and MCP servers - mcp-shark/mcp-shark

   Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Keymetrics/PM2 a realtime monitoring solution for Node.js▲63

   PM2.io provides advanced Node.js process management, monitoring, and enterprise solutions. Over 600M downloads. Connect AI assistants via MCP.

   2015 · keymetrics.io · its alternatives →

3. 3IB
   I built an internet speed analytics tool▲89

   Senior full stack software engineer with 8+ years shipping production systems in React, Node.js, Python, and Rails. Previously a Product Engineer at Ghost. Based in South Korea.

   2021 · ronaldlangeveld.com · its alternatives →

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   TrackMCP▲105

   Google Analytics for MCP Servers

   Sep 2026 · trackmcp.com · its alternatives →

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   mcp-usefree tier, from $25/mo▲581

   Hi HN, Luigi here. We maintain mcp-use an open-source TypeScript framework for building MCP servers and MCP Apps: https://github.com/mcp-use/mcp-use MCP is now (finally) stateless so we rewrote mcp-use v2 from scratch for the 2026-07-28 MCP spec revision: https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2026-07-28/ Thanks to the rebuild: - Throughput: +27% → from 8,615 to 10,982 median ops/sec - Cold launch: 2.2x faster → from 151.6 ms to 68.1 ms - Clean install: 82% smaller → from 404.6 MiB to 74.4 MiB Benchmark with methodology here:…

   2025 · manufact.com · its alternatives →

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   MCP Playground▲160

   MCP Playground is a Postman-style tool for MCP — inspect servers, execute tools live, test your client, all from the browser. Four things in one place: 1. Free hosted MCP servers — four public test servers anyone can point their client at: Echo (connectivity), Auth (Bearer token flow), Error (error handling), Complex (multi-tool schemas).No sign-up, just use the URL. 2. Server inspector — paste any remote MCP server URL, see all its tools/resources/prompts, execute them live, inspect the full JSON-RPC log. HTTP, SSE, and WebSocket all supported. 3. Registry — 10,000+ servers…

   Nov 2025 · mcpplayground.io · its alternatives →

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   Analytics.js – The analytics API you've always wanted▲326

   2012 · segmentio.github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8MT
   MCPShark – Traffic Inspector for Model Context Protocol▲37

   https://github.com/mcp-shark/mcp-shark Site: https://mcpshark.sh/ I built MCPShark, a traffic inspector for the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It sits between your editor/LLM client and MCP servers so you can: • See all MCP traffic (requests, responses, tools, resources) in one place • Debug sessions when tools don’t behave as expected • Optionally run “Smart Scan” checks to flag risky tools / configs

   Dec 2025 · its alternatives →

9. 9WM
   We made an MCP server so Cursor can debug Node.js on its own▲139

   2025 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

10. 10SW
    See what other NPM packages everyone else is using▲67

    2016 · npmdiscover.com · its alternatives →

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    MCP Flow Detection▲11

    Complete MCP traffic analysis tool with desktop app for Mac, Windows. GitHub: https://github.com/mcp-shark/mcp-shark Visit the website for desktop apps: Web: https://www.mcpshark.sh/

    Nov 2025 · its alternatives →

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    micro-analytics▲89

    Public analytics as a Node.js microservice 📈

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    NPM Chart▲158

    Search for a npm package to see its download stats over time

    2024 · npm.chart.dev · its alternatives →

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    Open-sourced (road) traffic counting application▲117

    I was developing/selling this application under Roadometry, but sales are getting slow and I'd prefer to make it available for free. This is a desktop Windows application which can be used for counting road traffic. https://roadometry.com https://www.youtube.com/@roadometry2011 The application uses Multiple Hypothesis Tracking (MHT) combined with Darknet Yolo. I trained the network myself. I have a tool-chain for building a video-based training set including associations, but it's quite complex to use. I never ended up training a network to perform association,…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Safe-NPM – only install packages that are +90 days old▲90

    This past quarter has been awash with sophisticated npm supply chain attacks like [Shai-Hulud](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/09/23/widesprea...() and the [Chalk/debug Compromise](https://www.wiz.io/blog/widespread-npm-supply-chain-attack-b...). This CLI helps protect users from recently compromised packages by only downloading packages that have been public for a while (default is 90 days or older). Install: npm install -g @dendronhq/safe-npm Usage: safe-npm install react@^18 lodash How it works: - Queries…

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Analytics.js for Node▲66

    The hassle-free way to integrate analytics into any node application. - segmentio/analytics-node

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    4smart Packages Overview▲75

    Monitor NuGet and NPM packages in your repositories

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Realtime, self-hosted monitoring for Node.js inspired by GitHub Status▲75

    🚀 Realtime Monitoring solution for Node.js/Express.js apps, inspired by status.github.com, sponsored by https://dynobase.dev - RafalWilinski/express-status-monitor

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19CA
    Cost-aware network traffic analysis▲35

    Cost-Aware Network Traffic Machine Learning

    2022 · traffic-refinery.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Trace▲102

    Visualized Node.js monitoring

    2016 · risingstack.com · its alternatives →

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    Traceroute Visualizer▲98

    Hey everyone, I've made this website that I hope can help some people. The original inspiration comes from being tired of having a specific site (and finding it!!) that serves my needs for a single purpose. Straight forward tools, no fuss. The objective is to be fully in-browser, no login and if possible without contacting a remote server. PGP Key Analyser - Analyze PGP keys directly in your browser - finally I can see the infos without having to download the key on my device Proton Date - Check ProtonMail account creation dates - pretty niche I admit Favicon Hash - Generate website favicon…

    2025 · kriztalz.sh · its alternatives →

22. 22MV
    MCPShark Viewer (VS Code/Cursor extension)- view MCP traffic in-editor▲28

    A few days ago I posted MCPShark (a traffic inspector for the Model Context Protocol). I just shipped a VS Code / Cursor extension that lets you view MCP traffic directly in the editor, so you’re not jumping between terminals, logs, and "I think this is what got sent". VS Code Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MCPShark... Main repo: https://github.com/mcp-shark/mcp-shark Feature requests / issues: https://github.com/mcp-shark/mcp-shark/issues Site: https://mcpshark.sh/ If…

    Dec 2025 · its alternatives →

23. 23DT
    Django-traffic, a Middleware for traffic visualizations in Kibana▲12

    2016 · koslib.com · its alternatives →

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    dev-flow▲83

    View GitHub statistics and timeline by username.

    2021 · dev-flow.netlify.app · its alternatives →

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