Brave Search vs Socialneuron
Socialneuron scores 52 points higher on the same evidence, which is a real separation rather than noise. Both are measured the same way, on the same day, from public evidence only — so this is a comparison of two measurements rather than two marketing pages. How we measure ›
| Brave Search | Socialneuron | what it means | |
|---|---|---|---|
| tashan score | 18 | 70 | upkeep + freshness, gated by adoption |
| Adoption evidence | 30k/wk | 2k/wk | the raw public signal the score came from |
| Last release | abandoned | active | npm publish or repo push |
| Upkeep | 18 | 73 | cadence, maintainers, status |
| Expertise grade | not graded | deep | an LLM read of its own documentation against a fixed rubric |
| Security audit | no known advisories, no build provenance | no known advisories | existence of findings is always free; the detail a licence buys is on each dossier |
| Licence | MIT | — | |
| Maintainers | more than one | one primary | bus-factor risk |
Install either
Brave Search
claude mcp add modelcontextprotocol-server-brave-search -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-searchSocialneuron
claude mcp add socialneuron-mcp-server -- npx -y @socialneuron/mcp-serverNeither score is a security verdict — "well maintained" and "nothing known is wrong" are different claims, which is why the audit is a separate row and never folded into the number. The full audit for each, including what a licence adds, is on its own page: Brave Search · Socialneuron.