catalyst vs Desktop Commander
catalyst is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.
catalyst is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Adrij Shikhar. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Desktop Commander is an MCP server published by wonderwhy-er. Marketplaces we read that list it: 6 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Docker MCP Catalog, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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
| Marketplace |   Desktop Commander | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace adrijshikhar/catalyst | Removed on 2026-10-15 Version: 0.1.3 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.0 Downloads/month (npm): 966 995 Downloads/week (npm): 159 845 Forks (GitHub): 1 290 Stars (GitHub): 10 105 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 290 Stars (GitHub): 10 105 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:5df787069e37 Forks (GitHub): 1 290 Pulls (Docker Hub): 237 752 Stars (Docker Hub): 22 Stars (GitHub): 10 105 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 290 Stars (GitHub): 10 105 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 290 Stars (GitHub): 10 105 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 | catalystno longer listed · | Desktop Commander |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 6 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 10 105 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 237 752 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 1 290 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-13 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 26 |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle | 7 | 7 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/adrijshikhar/catalyst | github.com/wonderwhy-er/desktopcommandermcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 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 catalyst
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Session-level orchestration for Claude Code - structures development work into 5 typed waves (Discovery → Core → Polish → Quality → Finalization) with parallel subagent execution…
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Autonomous overnight coding agent. Queue tasks in YAML, run them via Claude CLI while you sleep, and use self-healing audit-fix loops to hit any quality target. Includes skills…
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Engineering management layer for Claude Code --- structures your session like a real dev team where you're PM and Claude is EM. Provides session workflows, multi-persona code…
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Comprendo gates AI implementation behind a visual developer approval step. When you type /comprendo <task>, Claude reads your codebase, builds a structured plan with before/after…
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AgentsAtlas is a minimal, opinionated end-to-end workflow for Claude Code (also available as Codex skills). Eight slash commands take a project from setup through planning…
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Drive Codeman from inside a Claude Code session: spawn worker sessions, prompt them, wait for them, read their answers, clean up. Acts only inside a Codeman-managed session.
What each says it does
catalyst
Hand a coding session from one agent to another without losing the thread — typed handoff briefs in your repo, lifecycle hooks that write and resume them on Claude Code, Codex and Antigravity, and CI-graded evals.
Desktop Commander
MCP server for terminal commands, file operations, and process management
How to run each
catalyst
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Desktop Commander As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio desktop-commander -- npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commanderCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of catalyst publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: catalyst · What it can do: Desktop Commander · 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. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.