remote-system-maintenance vs Salt
remote-system-maintenance is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by 2389-research. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Salt is an MCP server published by saltapp.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-14. 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 |  remote-system-maintenance |   Salt |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: dbb92f1 Forks (GitHub): 9 Stars (GitHub): 103 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.0 Downloads/month (npm): 265 Downloads/week (npm): 76 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | remote-system-maintenance | Salt |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 103 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 9 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-20 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (mcp.saltapp.ai/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 8, secrets among them: 4 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/2389-research/claude-plugins | github.com/0000f8/salt-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 22 h ago, requires authentication |
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
remote-system-maintenance
Structured procedures for Linux system diagnostics and maintenance via SSH/tmux with Ubuntu/Debian cleanup checklists
Salt
Your agent asks humans on Salt and gets answers: messages, tap-to-answer cards, invoices.
How to run each
remote-system-maintenance As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install remote-system-maintenance@claude-communitySalt As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http salt https://mcp.saltapp.ai/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>" --header "X-Salt-Api-Key: <YOUR_X_SALT_API_KEY>" --header "X-Salt-App-Id: <YOUR_X_SALT_APP_ID>"Requires: APP_PRIVATE_KEY (secret), APP_PUBLIC_KEY, HOST, PGP_PASSPHRASE (secret), SALT_API_KEY (secret), SALT_APP_ID, WALLET_MASTER_KEY (secret), Authorization header, X-Salt-Api-Key header, X-Salt-App-Id header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Salt has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of remote-system-maintenance publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: remote-system-maintenance · What it can do: Salt · 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 the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. 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.