Comparison

codex-delegate vs Orchestrator

codex-delegate is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑17.

codex-delegate is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by aashahin. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Orchestrator is an MCP server published by crAK1644. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers), Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	codex-delegate	Orchestrator
Community marketplace aashahin/claude-codex-delegate	Removed on 2026-10-17 Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-15	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.12.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 6 410 Downloads/week (PyPI): 136 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 10 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
PyPI (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.12.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 6 410 Downloads/week (PyPI): 136 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 10 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-13

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

codex-delegate vs Orchestrator
Fact	codex-delegateno longer listed · 2026-10-17	Orchestrator
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	3
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	2	10
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0	2
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (orchestrator-mcp-server)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	2, secrets among them: 0
Parts of the bundle (differs)	4	2
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/aashahin/claude-codex-delegate	github.com/crak1644/orchestrator-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-15	2026-10-11

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

What to use instead of codex-delegate

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

codex-plugin

[DEPRECATED] OpenAI Codex CLI integration and dual-AI orchestration patterns for Claude Code

by Creator Hian · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
LLM CLI Gateway

One MCP endpoint for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Grok and Mistral CLIs, with durable async jobs.

by verivus-oss · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
ai-orchestration-plugin

[DEPRECATED] Multi-AI orchestration patterns for Claude Code - combining Claude, Codex, and Gemini for comprehensive validation and co-implementation

by Creator Hian · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
llm-gateway

Multi-LLM orchestration MCP server. Delegate tasks to Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLIs with session management, retry logic, async job orchestration, and token optimization.

by verivus-oss · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
codex-plus

Enhanced OpenAI Codex CLI integration (multi-model, context classification)

by Jongwon Choi · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
thread-keeper

Multi-agent shared brain across Claude, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini, Copilot, and VS Code.

by po4erk91 · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

codex-delegate

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Delegate implementation to OpenAI Codex models (GPT-6 Sol, Astra, Luna…) while Claude stays the orchestrator.

Orchestrator

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Let one coding-agent CLI consult another: Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, Copilot or Antigravity.

How to run each

codex-delegate

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

Orchestrator As a local MCP server: PyPI package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "ORCHESTRATOR_CONFIG=<YOUR_ORCHESTRATOR_CONFIG>" --env "ORCHESTRATOR_HOST_RUNTIME=<YOUR_ORCHESTRATOR_HOST_RUNTIME>" --transport stdio orchestrator-mcp -- uvx orchestrator-mcp-server

Requires: ORCHESTRATOR_CONFIG, ORCHESTRATOR_HOST_RUNTIME

Commands 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

The marketplaces of codex-delegate publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: codex-delegate · What it can do: Orchestrator · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-25. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.