Alex's Rig vs Noosphere
Alex's Rig is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.
Alex's Rig is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Alex Bodner. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Noosphere is an MCP server published by JinNing6. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, 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 |  Noosphere | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace alexbodner/alexs-rig | Removed on 2026-10-15 Version: 0.8.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.5.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 334 Downloads/week (PyPI): 65 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 18 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.10.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 18 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 | Alex's Rigno longer listed · | Noosphere |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 18 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (noosphere-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 3, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 5 | 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 20 | 5 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/alexbodner/alexs-rig | github.com/jinning6/noosphere |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 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 Alex's Rig
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One shared, durable memory for your AI coding agents — local-first, zero-dependency.
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What each says it does
Alex's Rig
Standing memory, correction learning with approval, session-scoped review, verify status, secret hygiene, and incremental codebase-graph orchestration for Claude Code and Cursor.
Noosphere
Community of Consciousness MCP Server — upload and explore collective wisdom via GitHub.
How to run each
Alex's Rig
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Noosphere As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "GITHUB_TOKEN=<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>" --transport stdio noosphere -- uvx noosphere-mcpRequires: GITHUB_TOKEN (secret)
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 Alex's Rig publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Alex's Rig · What it can do: Noosphere · Compare two other plugins
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