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brents-toasts vs Desktop Commander

brents-toasts is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑27.

brents-toasts is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Brentspine. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Desktop Commander is an MCP server published by wonderwhy-er. Marketplaces we read that list it: 7 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Docker MCP Catalog, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. 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

Where each is published
Marketplacebrents-toastsDesktop Commander
Community marketplace brentspine/brents-toasts Removed on 2026-10-27
Version: not stated
Forks (GitHub): 3
Stars (GitHub): 11
Not marked · First seen
Not listed
Official MCP Registry Not listed Listed
Version: 0.3.1
Downloads/month (npm): 1 386 176
Downloads/week (npm): 637 017
Forks (GitHub): 1 267
Stars (GitHub): 10 161
Not marked · First seen
Claude Code: claude-plugins-official Not listed Listed
Version: 0.2.0
Forks (GitHub): 1 267
Stars (GitHub): 10 161
Not marked · First seen
Docker MCP Catalog Not listed Listed
Version: sha256:5df787069e37
Forks (GitHub): 1 267
Pulls (Docker Hub): 240 720
Stars (Docker Hub): 22
Stars (GitHub): 10 161
Not marked · First seen
Claude: knowledge-work-plugins Not listed Listed
Version: 0.2.0
Forks (GitHub): 1 267
Stars (GitHub): 10 161
Not marked · First seen
Claude Code: claude-plugins-community Not listed Listed
Version: 0.2.0
Forks (GitHub): 1 267
Stars (GitHub): 10 161
Not marked · First seen
npm registry (MCP servers) Not listed Listed
Version: 0.3.1
Downloads/month (npm): 1 386 176
Downloads/week (npm): 637 017
Forks (GitHub): 1 267
Stars (GitHub): 10 161
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

brents-toasts vs Desktop Commander
Factbrents-toastsno longer listed · Desktop Commander
Marketplaces that list it (differs)07
Stars (GitHub) (differs)1110 161
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)No figure on Docker Hub240 720
Forks (GitHub) (differs)31 267
Last release (differs)Not published2026-10-22
Where it runs (differs)Installs as a plugin bundleOn your machine (@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander)
Transport (differs)Not statedstdio
Tools it declares (differs)Not published26
Environment variables it asks forNot publishedNot published
Parts of the bundle (differs)Not published7
Licence (differs)Apache-2.0MIT
Repository (differs)github.com/brentspine/brents-toastsgithub.com/wonderwhy-er/desktopcommandermcp
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)20
First seen (differs)2026-10-142026-10-11

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 brents-toasts

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Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

brents-toasts

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Claude Skill for writing correct code against brents-toasts, a zero-dependency toast/snackbar UI library.

Desktop Commander

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

MCP server for terminal commands, file operations, and process management

How to run each

brents-toasts

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

Desktop Commander As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio desktop-commander -- npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of brents-toasts publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

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

What it can do: brents-toasts · What it can do: Desktop Commander · 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-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.

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