AI Plugin Indextgden — Telegram catalog & search vs exa
tgden — Telegram catalog & search and exa are both search and web MCP servers. exa scores higher (100 vs 36 out of 100). exa has more GitHub stars (5.1k), and exa was updated more recently (4 days ago). The table compares them side by side.
| tgden — Telegram catalog & search | exa | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 36 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
| What it does | Search 1.2M+ Telegram channels, 245k+ chats, 160k+ bots — no account, no key, no install. | Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research. |
| Publisher | Community: JustJuice55 | Verified: exa.ai |
| Grades | Maintenance B, Licence A, Quality C | Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality A |
| npm downloads a week | Not on npm | Not on npm |
| Runs | Remote | Remote |
| Works with | Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Windsurf, ChatGPT | Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Windsurf, ChatGPT |
| GitHub stars | 1 | 5,142 |
| Last commit | 8 Aug 2026 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Listed since | 19 Oct 2026 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Install tgden — Telegram catalog & search | Install exa |
Questions
Is tgden — Telegram catalog & search or exa more popular?
exa has more GitHub stars: 5,142.
Can I use tgden — Telegram catalog & search and exa together?
Yes. AI assistants can load several MCP servers at once. Install both and the assistant picks the right one for each task.