orchestra vs Desktop Commander
orchestra is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.
orchestra is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Alexander Opalic. 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 2026-10-27. 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 alexanderop/clanker-review | Removed on 2026-10-15 Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.1 Downloads/month (npm): 966 995 Downloads/week (npm): 159 845 Forks (GitHub): 1 263 Stars (GitHub): 10 129 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 263 Stars (GitHub): 10 129 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:5df787069e37 Forks (GitHub): 1 263 Pulls (Docker Hub): 240 149 Stars (Docker Hub): 22 Stars (GitHub): 10 129 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 263 Stars (GitHub): 10 129 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 263 Stars (GitHub): 10 129 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 | orchestrano longer listed · | Desktop Commander |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 6 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 10 129 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 240 149 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 1 263 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-22 |
| 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 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | 7 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/alexanderop/clanker-review | github.com/wonderwhy-er/desktopcommandermcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| 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 orchestra
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Adversarial planning and code review workflow between Claude Code and OpenAI Codex CLI. Enables iterative convergence loops where Claude creates plans/code and Codex provides…
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A research-backed code review plugin for Claude Code that orchestrates parallel concern-specialized agents, cross-validates findings with deterministic verification, and produces…
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Automatic code review, adversarial review, and rescue via Codex through OpenRouter.
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Review your AI agent's code as it writes it. Leave comments on diffs, submit structured feedback, and watch the agent fix things in real time — all from your terminal
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AI code review that catches production-breaking bugs, business logic issues, and security vulnerabilities — directly in Claude Code.
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Automated code review and swarm remediation for large changesets. Spawns adversarial reviewer agents, presents findings interactively, then dispatches fixer agents to remediate…
What each says it does
orchestra
Orchestrated multi-agent code review for Claude Code: a /review coordinator fans out to specialized reviewers via concurrent `claude -p` subprocesses, then dedupes, judges severity, and emits one structured review.
Desktop Commander
MCP server for terminal commands, file operations, and process management
How to run each
orchestra
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 orchestra 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: orchestra · 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.