kafka-setup vs Queue Pilot
kafka-setup is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑18.
kafka-setup is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by barnburner121. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Queue Pilot is an MCP server published by LarsCowe. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace barnburner121/claude-plugin-marketplace | Removed on 2026-10-18 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.5.1 Downloads/month (npm): 175 Downloads/week (npm): 23 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 | kafka-setupno longer listed · | Queue Pilot |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 3 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@barnburner121/plugin-hub-mcp) | On your machine (queue-pilot) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 8, secrets among them: 4 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/barnburner121/claude-plugin-marketplace | github.com/larscowe/queue-pilot |
| 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 kafka-setup
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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mcp-kafka io.github.infoinlet-marketplace/mcp-kafka
Read-only Kafka for AI agents — topics, offsets, consumer groups, peek messages, health.
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Debug Kafka from an agent: find messages, measure consumer lag, unblock consumers, compare clusters.
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strimzi-kafka-cli io.github.SystemCraftsman/strimzi-kafka-cli
Manage Apache Kafka on Kubernetes via Strimzi. Clusters, topics, users, connectors, MM2.
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Skills for streaming application developers, covering Kafka and Flink client libraries and Schema Registry
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postgres-kafka-prometheus-stack-generator ai.getvda/postgres-kafka-prometheus-stack-generator
Postgres + Kafka + Prometheus Stack Generator
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Provision PostgreSQL, manage Apache Kafka, and deploy apps with Aiven - all from your AI assistant.
What each says it does
kafka-setup
Generate Apache Kafka producer/consumer setup
Queue Pilot
MCP server for RabbitMQ and Kafka message inspection with JSON Schema validation
How to run each
kafka-setup
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Queue Pilot As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD=<YOUR_KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD>" --env "KAFKA_SASL_USERNAME=<YOUR_KAFKA_SASL_USERNAME>" --env "RABBITMQ_PASS=<YOUR_RABBITMQ_PASS>" --env "RABBITMQ_USER=<YOUR_RABBITMQ_USER>" --transport stdio queue-pilot -- npx -y queue-pilot --schemas "<YOUR_SCHEMAS>"Requires: KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD (secret), KAFKA_SASL_USERNAME (secret), RABBITMQ_PASS (secret), RABBITMQ_USER (secret), --schemas
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 kafka-setup publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: kafka-setup · What it can do: Queue Pilot · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.