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backlot vs sayou

backlot is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by brekkylab. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). sayou is an MCP server published by pixell-global. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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

Where each is published
Marketplacebacklotsayou
Community marketplace brekkylab/backlot Listed
Version: 0.1.0
Forks (GitHub): 62
Stars (GitHub): 289
Not marked · First seen
Not listed
Official MCP Registry Not listed Listed
Version: 0.2.2
Downloads/month (PyPI): 122
Downloads/week (PyPI): 117
Forks (GitHub): 1
Stars (GitHub): 28
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

backlot vs sayou
Factbacklotsayou
Marketplaces that list it (differs)1 (worse)2 (better)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)289 (better)28 (worse)
Forks (GitHub) (differs)62 (better)1 (worse)
Last releaseNot publishedNot published
Where it runs (differs)Installs as a plugin bundleOn your machine (sayou)
Transport (differs)Not statedstdio
Tools it declaresNot publishedNot published
Environment variables it asks forNot publishedNot published
Hooks it runs (differs)Not published3
Parts of the bundle (differs)19
Licence (differs)MITApache-2.0
Repository (differs)github.com/brekkylab/backlotgithub.com/pixell-global/sayou
Changes in the last 7 days22
First seen (differs)2026-10-142026-10-11

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

backlot

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Emulate an enterprise SaaS knowledge source over a corpus you supply, then wire a real client to it.

sayou

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Persistent knowledge workspace for AI agents. Versioned files, search, and MCP tools.

How to run each

backlot As a Claude Code plugin

Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add brekkylab/backlot
/plugin install backlot@brekkylab

sayou As a local MCP server: PyPI package

Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio sayou -- uvx sayou

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

Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.

What it can do: backlot · What it can do: sayou · 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.

Where the data comes from: how the catalog is built