Slack vs tgden — Telegram catalog & search
Slack is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Salesforce. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude: knowledge-work-plugins). tgden — Telegram catalog & search is an MCP server published by JustJuice55. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-18. 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 |  tgden — Telegram catalog & search | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 391 Stars (GitHub): 30 009 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | Slack | tgden — Telegram catalog & search |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 30 009 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 3 391 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.slack.com/mcp) | Remote server (tgden.com/api/mcp) |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 8 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins | github.com/justjuice55/tgden-api |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 41 h ago, requires a key | Responded 4 days ago |
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
Slack
Slack integration for searching messages, sending communications, managing canvases, and more
tgden — Telegram catalog & search
Search 1.2M+ Telegram channels, 245k+ chats, 160k+ bots — no account, no key, no install.
How to run each
Slack As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins
/plugin install slack-by-salesforce@knowledge-work-pluginstgden — Telegram catalog & search As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http telegram-catalog https://tgden.com/api/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Both endpoints responded at the last daily 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: Slack · What it can do: tgden — Telegram catalog & search · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.