alley-oop vs recall
alley-oop is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by 1azarus. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). recall is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by bledden. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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 |  alley-oop |  recall |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.5 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 2.2.3 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 23 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 | alley-oop | recall |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 23 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 4 |
| Parts of the bundle | 6 | 6 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/1azarus/alley-oop | github.com/bledden/claude-recall-plugin |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
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
alley-oop
Alley Oop keeps your development momentum going across sessions without the cost of replaying full conversation history. When you're ready to hand off, /alley distills your current session into a compact cold-start prompt — capturing just what the next session needs to orient and act immediately. Start the new session with /oop and you're back in the game. For parallel workstreams, /alleyarchive and /ooparchive let you branch, archive, and resume multiple threads independently.
recall
Persistent conversation recall for Claude Code. Indexes every exchange into a local SQLite database so you can search, browse, and recover context at any time. Survives /clear commands and context compaction. Search across all sessions in a project or globally across every project. Auto-tags technical terms for discovery. Shares findings between parallel sessions via opt-in highlight connections. Includes a PostCompact nudge that automatically re-orients Claude after context loss. Optional proactive skill teaches Claude to detect context loss and suggest recall commands. Zero external dependencies, pure Python stdlib with FTS5 full-text search and WAL mode for concurrent session safety.
How to run each
alley-oop As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install alley-oop@claude-communityrecall As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install recall@claude-communityCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: alley-oop · What it can do: recall · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.