wrangler vs Noosphere
wrangler is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑19.
wrangler is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Sam. 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 2026-10-23. 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 bacchus-labs/wrangler | Removed on 2026-10-19 Version: 1.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 4 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 | wranglerno longer listed · | Noosphere |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 4 | 18 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | 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) | 3, secrets among them: 0 | 3, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs | 1 | 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 56 | 5 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/bacchus-labs/wrangler | github.com/jinning6/noosphere |
| 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.
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My absolute essentials to work with Claude Code
What each says it does
wrangler
Core skills library for Claude Code: TDD, debugging, collaboration patterns, templates, etc.
Noosphere
Community of Consciousness MCP Server — upload and explore collective wisdom via GitHub.
How to run each
wrangler
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
Only wrangler asks for
WRANGLER_ISSUES_DIRECTORYWRANGLER_MCP_DEBUGWRANGLER_SPECIFICATIONS_DIRECTORY
Only Noosphere asks for
GITHUB_TOKEN (secret)NOOSPHERE_MCP_PROFILENOOSPHERE_REPO
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: wrangler · What it can do: Noosphere · 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. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.