cachly AI Brain vs dev-journal
cachly AI Brain is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by cachly. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). dev-journal is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by juliuszfedyk. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. 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 |  dev-journal | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace cachly-dev/cachly-mcp | Listed Version: 0.10.193 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.1 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 | cachly AI Brain | dev-journal |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@cachly-dev/mcp-server) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 3, secrets among them: 0 | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 3 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 4 | 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/cachly-dev/cachly-mcp | github.com/juliuszfedyk/dev-journal |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-13 | 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
cachly AI Brain
Your assistant forgets everything each morning. cachly remembers your system: the bug you fixed, why you chose Postgres, the deploy step that always breaks — and which earlier decision a new one contradicts. Every editor reads the same memory, and every lesson carries the name of whoever learned it.
dev-journal
Development journal for tracking decisions, sessions, and architecture changes
How to run each
cachly AI Brain As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add cachly-dev/cachly-mcp
/plugin install cachly-brain@cachlydev-journal As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install dev-journal@claude-communityCommands 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 dev-journal publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: cachly AI Brain · What it can do: dev-journal · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.