Drive Remote Terminal vs pty-mcp
Drive Remote Terminal is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by 88plug. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). pty-mcp is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by raychao-oao. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). 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 |  Drive Remote Terminal |  pty-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace 88plug/claude-code-plugins | Not seen in the last pass Version: 2026.7.27 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.11.2 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 19 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 | Drive Remote Terminal | pty-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 19 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 2 (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 | 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 3 |
| Licence (differs) | FSL-1.1-ALv2 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/88plug/drive-remote-terminal | github.com/raychao-oao/pty-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 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
Drive Remote Terminal
Operate and observe an interactive full-screen TUI on a REMOTE machine over tmux/screen + SSH by driving it like a human: type with send-keys, screenshot with capture-pane, in a type-wait-screenshot-read loop. For the Claude Code TUI, vim, top, curses installers, REPLs, or any program that needs a real PTY over SSH.
pty-mcp
Interactive PTY sessions for AI agents. Supports local shell, SSH, serial port, and persistent remote sessions via MCP. Enables AI agents to run interactive commands, connect to remote servers, and communicate with serial devices.
How to run each
Drive Remote Terminal As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add 88plug/claude-code-plugins
/plugin install drive-remote-terminal@88plugpty-mcp As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install pty-mcp@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: Drive Remote Terminal · What it can do: pty-mcp · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.