aiven vs kafka-skills
aiven is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by aiven. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). kafka-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Lenses.io. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-30. 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 |  aiven | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 1.0.6 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.6 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace lensesio/agentic-engineering-for-apache-kafka | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.4.0 Forks (GitHub): 19 Stars (GitHub): 66 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 | aiven | kafka-skills |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 66 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 3 (worse) | 19 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.aiven.live/mcp) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | 10 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/aiven/aiven-ai-plugins | github.com/lensesio/agentic-engineering-for-apache-kafka |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-26 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 3 days ago | no remote endpoint we check |
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
aiven
Easily deploy managed PostgreSQL (pg), Kafka, OpenSearch, Clickhouse and other databases, streaming and apps. Free tier available, up and running in minutes.
kafka-skills
Eight Kafka skills (topic audit, consumer lag, perf review, schema, security, connectors, DLQ, python client scaffold) powered by the Lenses MCP server
How to run each
aiven As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install aiven@claude-plugins-officialkafka-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add lensesio/agentic-engineering-for-apache-kafka
/plugin install kafka-skills@lensesioCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only aiven 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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: aiven · What it can do: kafka-skills · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/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. 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.