claude-mlx-tts vs Voice Coach
claude-mlx-tts is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑27.
claude-mlx-tts is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by aperepel. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Voice Coach is an MCP server published by FabianIMV. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-11. 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 |  Voice Coach | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace aperepel/claude-mlx-tts | Removed on 2026-10-27 Version: 1.4.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 0 Downloads/week (PyPI): 38 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 | claude-mlx-ttsno longer listed · | Voice Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 11 | 1 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (voice-coach-mcp) |
| 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) | 4 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 9 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/aperepel/claude-mlx-tts | github.com/fabianimv/voice-coach-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-23 |
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-mlx-tts
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Audio feedback when Claude Code agent completes tasks using pocket-tts
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voicemode dev.voicemode/voicemode
Natural voice conversations for AI assistants - STT/TTS via MCP
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Voice notifications when Claude Code completes tasks. Speak your next command immediately after Claude finishes.
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Speaks a short summary of Claude's response using macOS TTS (Korean/English)
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Real-time voice interaction for Claude Code. Speak naturally while Claude works - interrupt, redirect, or provide continuous feedback without stopping.
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Give Claude Code a voice with multi-engine text-to-speech. Speaks responses aloud using 5 TTS engines (edge-tts, ElevenLabs, Kokoro, macOS say, espeak-ng). Free by default…
What each says it does
claude-mlx-tts
Speaks a voice-cloned summary when Claude finishes deep work. Works out of the box with bundled voice, or clone your own. Triggers on long responses, multiple tool calls, or thinking mode.
Voice Coach
Gives Claude ears: local pitch, pronunciation and public-speaking analysis for voice coaching.
How to run each
claude-mlx-tts
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Voice Coach As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio voice-coach-mcp -- uvx voice-coach-mcpCommands 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-mlx-tts publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: claude-mlx-tts · What it can do: Voice Coach · Compare two other plugins
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