brightdata-plugin vs smooth-browser
brightdata-plugin is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by brightdata. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). smooth-browser is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by circlemind-ai. 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 |  brightdata-plugin |  smooth-browser |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 1.8.0 Forks (GitHub): 36 Stars (GitHub): 265 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Listed Version: 1.8.0 Forks (GitHub): 36 Stars (GitHub): 265 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.8.0 Forks (GitHub): 36 Stars (GitHub): 265 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace circlemind-ai/smooth-sdk | Not listed | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 19 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 | brightdata-plugin | smooth-browser |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 4 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 265 (better) | 19 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 36 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 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 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 21 | 1 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/brightdata/skills | github.com/circlemind-ai/smooth-sdk |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 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
brightdata-plugin
Web scraping, Google search, structured data extraction, and MCP server integration powered by Bright Data. Includes 7 skills: scrape any webpage as markdown (with bot detection/CAPTCHA bypass), search Google with structured JSON results, extract data from 40+ websites (Amazon, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more), orchestrate Bright Data's 60+ MCP tools, built-in best practices for Web Unlocker, SERP API, Web Scraper API, and Browser API, Python SDK best practices for the brightda...
smooth-browser
Browser automation skill with persistent page state for developers and AI agents
How to run each
brightdata-plugin As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install brightdata-plugin@claude-plugins-officialsmooth-browser As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add circlemind-ai/smooth-sdk
/plugin install smooth-browser@smooth-browser-marketplaceCommands 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: brightdata-plugin · What it can do: smooth-browser · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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. 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.