Image Forge vs Image Gen
Image Forge is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Alexandre Mallet. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). Image Gen is an MCP server published by nuverlabs.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-15. 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 |  Image Gen | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace buldee/image-forge | Not seen in the last pass Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.1 Downloads/month (npm): 372 Downloads/week (npm): 69 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | Image Forge | Image Gen |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@nuver-labs/image-gen-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 9, secrets among them: 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/buldee/image-forge | github.com/nuver-labs/image-gen-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-11 |
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
Image Forge
Provider-agnostic image generation with a verified review loop: OpenAI GPT Image, Gemini, MCP-backed generators
Image Gen
Generate and edit images from your coding agent with Gemini and OpenAI, using your own API keys.
How to run each
Image Forge As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add buldee/image-forge
/plugin install image-forge@image-forgeImage Gen As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "GEMINI_API_KEY=<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>" --env "OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>" --transport stdio image-gen -- npx -y @nuver-labs/image-gen-mcpRequires: GEMINI_API_KEY (secret), OPENAI_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 Image Forge publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Image Forge · What it can do: Image Gen · 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.