cala vs canvas-apps
cala is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by cala-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). canvas-apps is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/copilot-plugins). 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 |  cala |  canvas-apps |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Copilot CLI: github/copilot-plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 207 Stars (GitHub): 1 005 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 | cala | canvas-apps |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 1 005 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 207 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (api.cala.ai/mcp) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| 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) | 1 | Not published |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/cala-ai/cala-claude-plugin | github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded less than an hour ago | 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
cala
Cala pre-processes the world's public information and serves it as structured data for AI agents. Query any real-world entity — companies, people, investors, founders, executives, funding rounds, acquisitions, industries, laws, regulations, countries, products, events, awards, financial metrics — and get typed, sourced JSON back instead of web pages to scrape.
canvas-apps
Build Power Apps Canvas Apps using the Canvas Authoring MCP server.
How to run each
cala As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install cala@claude-communitycanvas-apps
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only cala 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: cala · What it can do: canvas-apps · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/copilot-plugins/blob/HEAD/.github/plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.