forge-skills vs GitHub
forge-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by atlassian. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official). GitHub is an MCP server published by github. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-12. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 12 Stars (GitHub): 25 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.0.2 Forks (GitHub): 5 131 Stars (GitHub): 33 515 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:ffced0d76e77 Forks (GitHub): 5 131 Stars (GitHub): 33 515 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 | forge-skills | GitHub |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 25 (worse) | 33 515 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 12 (worse) | 5 131 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 40 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 8 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/atlassian/forge-skills | github.com/github/github-mcp-server |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | not checked yet |
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
forge-skills
Forge-focused skills and MCP configuration for Atlassian Forge: scaffold and deploy apps (forge create, templates, dev spaces), build Teamwork Graph connectors for Rovo Search/Rovo Chat, pre-deploy review, systematic debugging, plus Forge docs and Atlassian Design System lookups via MCP.
GitHub
Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language.
How to run each
forge-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install forge-skills@claude-plugins-officialGitHub As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=<YOUR_GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>" --transport stdio github-official -- docker run -i --rm -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-serverRequires: GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of forge-skills publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of forge-skills publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: forge-skills · What it can do: GitHub · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.