klayoutclaw vs photonforge
klayoutclaw is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by caidish. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). photonforge is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Flexcompute. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace caidish/klayoutclaw | Listed Version: 0.6.0 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 40 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace flexcompute/plugin-marketplace | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.3 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 9 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 | klayoutclaw | photonforge |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 40 (better) | 9 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (127.0.0.1/mcp) | On your machine (tidy3d-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 18 | 9 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/caidish/klayoutclaw | github.com/flexcompute/plugin-marketplace |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-18 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | not checked yet | no remote endpoint we check |
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
klayoutclaw
Control KLayout from AI agents via MCP — geometry, display, image overlay, visual capture, nanodevice flake detection, GDS alignment, and routing skills
photonforge
PhotonForge PCell, layout, routing, circuit/time-domain simulation, project versioning + cloud-GUI (photonforge-server), serialization, GUI automation, LiveViewer, variation-aware yield/DFM, and documentation guidance for AI coding agents.
How to run each
klayoutclaw As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add caidish/klayoutclaw
/plugin install klayoutclaw@klayoutclawphotonforge As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add flexcompute/plugin-marketplace
/plugin install photonforge@flexcomputeCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only klayoutclaw has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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: klayoutclaw · What it can do: photonforge · Compare two other plugins
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.