swarm vs Agent Swarm
swarm is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.
swarm is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Blake Cyze. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Agent Swarm is an MCP server published by desplega-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). 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 |  Agent Swarm | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace blakecyze/swarm | Removed on 2026-10-15 Version: 0.2.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.5.3 Downloads/month (npm): 31 986 Downloads/week (npm): 3 367 Forks (GitHub): 132 Stars (GitHub): 942 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 | swarmno longer listed · | Agent Swarm |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | 942 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 132 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-25 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@desplega.ai/agent-swarm) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 7 | 1 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/blakecyze/swarm | github.com/desplega-ai/agent-swarm |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 16 |
| 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 swarm
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Multi-agent coordination for Claude Code (delegates to swarm CLI)
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Bio-inspired swarm orchestrator for Claude Code. Breaks tasks into parallel subtasks, coordinates agents through stigmergy, learns across sessions with pheromone scoring, and…
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Plugin for multi-agent coordination using agent-swarm MCP
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flow-coach
Interactive claude-flow orchestration coach that guides users through swarm topology selection, agent deployment, memory configuration, and SPARC workflows.
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Swarm orchestration workflows, curated knowledge skills, tiered worker agents, and fail-soft guardrail hooks.
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Multi-agent collaboration — spawn N parallel subagents that compete on code optimization, content drafts, research approaches, or any task that benefits from diverse solutions. 7…
What each says it does
swarm
Claude Code skills for running agent swarms on purpose. Sequential first, fan out only when it pays, hard cost ceiling.
Agent Swarm
Full Agent Swarm API and MCP server with local SQLite storage for multi-agent orchestration.
How to run each
swarm
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Agent Swarm As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add desplega-ai/agent-swarm
/plugin install agent-swarm@agent-swarmRequires: AGENT_SWARM_API_KEY (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
The marketplaces of swarm publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: swarm · What it can do: Agent Swarm · Compare two other plugins
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