Comparison

AWS Labs Nova Canvas vs ai-gen

ai-gen is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.

AWS Labs Nova Canvas is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). ai-gen is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Anton Haskevych. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-23. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	AWS Labs Nova Canvas	ai-gen
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:5582496accaa Forks (GitHub): 1 823 Pulls (Docker Hub): 11 258 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 812 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Community marketplace anton-haskevych/ai-gen	Not listed	Removed on 2026-10-15 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-14

Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.

The facts side by side

AWS Labs Nova Canvas vs ai-gen
Fact	AWS Labs Nova Canvas	ai-genno longer listed · 2026-10-15
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1	0
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	9 812	0
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	11 258	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	1 823	0
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/nova-canvas-mcp-server)	Installs as a plugin bundle
Transport (differs)	stdio	Not stated
Tools it declares (differs)	2	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	5, secrets among them: 2	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	Not a bundle	1
Licence (differs)	Apache-2.0	Not stated
Repository (differs)	github.com/awslabs/mcp	github.com/anton-haskevych/ai-gen
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-11	2026-10-14

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

What to use instead of ai-gen

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

Kuro — AI images, video and audio

Create AI images, clips, voice-overs, music and editable storyboard films from your AI assistant.

by meetkuro · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
creative-production

실제 이미지와 비디오를 생성합니다. common 플러그인의 kie-image-generator, kie-video-generator 스킬을 활용합니다.

by Dante Labs · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
Higgsfield

Generate images and videos from a text prompt or your own photo. Turn a product shot into a video ad, restyle a photo, animate a still, or build a two-minute narrated explainer…

by Higgsfield AI, Inc. · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Codex: openai-curated (openai/plugins) · Describes nearly the same job
aicut

Generate AI videos, images, audio and staged AI Video Story episodes, and publish them to social.

by aicut.pro · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
quickdesign

AI media generation skill for the QuickDesign CLI. Seedance 2.0 R2V (universal default for UGC / talking-avatar / promo), Sora 2, Kling, Nano Banana 2 (multi-ref image edit…

by QuickDesign · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Claude Code: claude-plugins-community · Describes nearly the same job
ai-content-drop com.aicontentdrop/ai-content-drop

Make AI videos, images, ads and short dramas from a description, priced first. Sign in to create.

by aicontentdrop.com · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

AWS Labs Nova Canvas

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

AI image generation using Amazon Nova Canvas.

ai-gen

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

AI image and video generation prompt engineering. Auto-activates when visual assets are needed.

How to run each

AWS Labs Nova Canvas As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>" --env "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=<YOUR_AWS_SESSION_TOKEN>" --transport stdio awslabs-nova-canvas -- docker run -i --rm -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_SESSION_TOKEN mcp/nova-canvas-mcp-server

Requires: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret), AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)

ai-gen

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of ai-gen publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of ai-gen publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: AWS Labs Nova Canvas · What it can do: ai-gen · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-23. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.