Comparison

claude-shadow vs Orchestrator

claude-shadow is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑25.

claude-shadow is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by ShadowAI. 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 2026-10-26. 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	claude-shadow	Orchestrator
Community marketplace alrightryanx/claude-shadow	Removed on 2026-10-25 Version: 1.011 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 9 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-14	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

claude-shadow vs Orchestrator
Fact	claude-shadowno longer listed · 2026-10-25	Orchestrator
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	3
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	9	10
Forks (GitHub)	2	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
Hooks it runs (differs)	7	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	6	2
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/alrightryanx/claude-shadow	github.com/crak1644/orchestrator-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	2	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 claude-shadow

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

claude-code-tools

Meta-tools for running Claude Code well: audit your permission allowlist, fix local toolchain gaps, analyze usage costs, and prune stale saved memories.

by Fin 2x · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
claude-relay

Let local Claude Code sessions talk to each other in natural language.

by Innestic · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Claude Code: claude-plugins-community · Describes nearly the same job
Claudebox

Self-hosted MCP server exposing Claude Code as an agentic AI tool over streamable HTTP.

by psyb0t · MCP server

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

Bridge multiple Claude Code instances together — share context, send messages, ask and answer questions across sessions without copy-pasting

by nautilux2 · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Claude Code: claude-plugins-community · Describes nearly the same job
gaseo

Register a Claude Code session with Paseo so it shows up in the app and you can continue it there.

by fivetaku · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
daymade-claude-code

Claude Code operations suite that bundles cross-project prior-work retrieval across code, docs, Skills, meetings, WeChat archives, and conversation history; provider-separated…

by daymade · Plugin bundle

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

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

claude-shadow

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Get push notifications on your phone when Claude Code needs input. Approve, deny, or reply from ShadowAI.

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

claude-shadow

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 claude-shadow publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: claude-shadow · 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 2026-10-26. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.