alley-oop vs keepgoing
alley-oop is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by 1azarus. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). keepgoing is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by keepgoing-dev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). 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 |  alley-oop |  keepgoing |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.5 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.6.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | keepgoing |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@keepgoingdev/mcp-server) |
| 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 | 5 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 6 | 11 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/1azarus/alley-oop | github.com/keepgoing-dev/claude-plugin |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 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.
keepgoing
Session memory for Claude Code automatically saves checkpoints during work, shows what you were doing upon return, and tracks progress across sessions. It includes 7 slash commands for resuming context, saving checkpoints, viewing progress, and exporting context to other AI tools. It also configures session hooks and an MCP server with 12 tools for comprehensive session awareness.
How to run each
alley-oop As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install alley-oop@claude-communitykeepgoing As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install keepgoing@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: keepgoing · 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.