bigspin vs caliper
bigspin is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Bigspin. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). caliper is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Dennison Bertram. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace bigspinai/toolkit | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace cost-caliper/caliper | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.30.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 3 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 | bigspin | caliper |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 3 | 3 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 3 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 9 | 8 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/bigspinai/toolkit | github.com/cost-caliper/caliper |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-15 |
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
bigspin
Local Claude Code reports — a practice/archetype mirror (/persona) and a token-vs-outcome ROI report (/token-roi). Analyzes your ~/.claude/projects history and renders self-contained HTML. No data leaves your machine.
caliper
Run /caliper after installing. See exactly where your Claude Code spend goes — sessions, workflows, subagents, machine-wide analytics — and copy optimization prompts back into Claude. 100% local. The first Caliper tool.
How to run each
bigspin As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add bigspinai/toolkit
/plugin install bigspin@bigspinaicaliper As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add cost-caliper/caliper
/plugin install caliper@caliperCommands 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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: bigspin · What it can do: caliper · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.