OpenMesh vs aidc-design-engine
OpenMesh is an MCP server published by docker. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). aidc-design-engine is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by AIDC-AI.IO. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace | ||
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: not stated No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace aidc2026ai-melon/aidc-design-engine | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 No figure published 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 | OpenMesh | aidc-design-engine |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (api.openmesh.dev/mcp) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| 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/aidc2026ai-melon/aidc-design-engine |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-14 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Not responding since 2026-10-13 | no remote endpoint we check |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
OpenMesh
Discover and connect to a curated marketplace of MCP servers for extending AI agent capabilities.
aidc-design-engine
AI data center design engine — size, validate, and lay out AI/GPU data centers (NVIDIA Hopper / Blackwell / Vera Rubin) with deterministic rack, PUE, MVA, cost, and layout outputs backed by aidc-ai.io.
How to run each
OpenMesh As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http openmesh https://api.openmesh.dev/mcpaidc-design-engine As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add aidc2026ai-melon/aidc-design-engine
/plugin install aidc-design-engine@aidc-aiCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only OpenMesh has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of aidc-design-engine publish no list of 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: OpenMesh · What it can do: aidc-design-engine · 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.