Hugging Face vs experiment-tracker
experiment-tracker is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑18.
Hugging Face is an MCP server published by docker. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). experiment-tracker is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by barnburner121. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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
| Marketplace |  Hugging Face | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: not stated No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace barnburner121/claude-plugin-marketplace | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-18 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
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
| Fact | Hugging Face | experiment-trackerno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 3 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (huggingface.co/mcp) | On your machine (@barnburner121/plugin-hub-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 4 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | Not stated | github.com/barnburner121/claude-plugin-marketplace |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-14 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 4 days ago | no remote endpoint we check |
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 experiment-tracker
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Skills for tracing, evaluating, and improving AI agents with MLflow. Supports the full agent improvement loop: instrument → trace → evaluate → iterate → validate.
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mlflow io.github.us-all/mlflow
MLflow MCP — experiments, runs, registered models, versions, traces, assessments (MLflow 3)
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Autonomous experiment loops on any codebase — one file, one metric, one loop. An agent edits a constrained file, runs an eval, keeps improvements, reverts failures, and repeats…
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Automated AI research toolkit: hypothesis generation, experiments, and paper writing
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Full Domino Data Lab platform support — workspaces, jobs, model deployment, experiment tracking, GenAI tracing, Spark/Ray/Dask, and app deployment for data science teams
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Autonomous experiment loop for Claude Code. Run an endless optimize-measure-keep/discard cycle on any optimization target: LLM training loss, test speed, bundle size, build time…
What each says it does
Hugging Face
Tools for interacting with Hugging Face models, datasets, research papers, and more.
experiment-tracker
Generate ML experiment tracking with MLflow
How to run each
Hugging Face As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http hugging-face https://huggingface.co/mcpexperiment-tracker
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.
Only Hugging Face has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither the marketplaces of experiment-tracker nor its endpoint list any tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: Hugging Face · What it can do: experiment-tracker · 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 . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.