Question 1

Is Mdk or XcodeBuildMCP better?

Accepted Answer

XcodeBuildMCP scores 78.0 and Mdk scores 76.0 on the tashan score, which measures upkeep and freshness gated by real adoption. Neither number is a security audit and neither can be bought. The gap is narrow, so compare the evidence rather than the headline.

Question 2

Are Mdk and XcodeBuildMCP safe to install?

Accepted Answer

Mdk: no known advisories, runs an install script. XcodeBuildMCP: no known advisories. Every capability tashan measures is checked against the OSV advisory database at the version you would install today, for install-time scripts and for build provenance. The audit reads public evidence and never executes anything.

Question 3

How were these two compared?

Accepted Answer

Both were measured on the same day by the same scorer, from public signal only — npm download volume and publish cadence, repository activity, maintainer count and registry status. Nobody can pay to change a score, a rank or a listing.

	Mdk	XcodeBuildMCP	what it means
tashan score	76	78	upkeep + freshness, gated by adoption
Adoption evidence	13k/wk	83k/wk	the raw public signal the score came from
Last release	active	active	npm publish or repo push
Upkeep	80	72	cadence, maintainers, status
Expertise grade	not graded	solid	an LLM read of its own documentation against a fixed rubric
Security audit	no known advisories, runs an install script	no known advisories	a summary — the full audit, free, is on each dossier
Licence	—	—
Maintainers	more than one	one primary	bus-factor risk

Mdk vs XcodeBuildMCP

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