station-agent vs Agent Swarm
station-agent is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by CloudShip AI. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). Agent Swarm is an MCP server published by desplega-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. 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 |  Agent Swarm | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace cloudshipai/station | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 39 Stars (GitHub): 429 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.1.0 Downloads/month (npm): 42 784 Downloads/week (npm): 4 851 Forks (GitHub): 125 Stars (GitHub): 891 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 | station-agent | Agent Swarm |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 429 (worse) | 891 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 39 (worse) | 125 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-17 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@desplega.ai/agent-swarm) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | 1 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/cloudshipai/station | github.com/desplega-ai/agent-swarm |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 8 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 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
station-agent
Full Station integration with pre-configured subagent - autonomous Station operations via dedicated expert agent
Agent Swarm
Full Agent Swarm API and MCP server with local SQLite storage for multi-agent orchestration.
How to run each
station-agent As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add cloudshipai/station
/plugin install station-agent@cloudshipai-stationAgent Swarm As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add desplega-ai/agent-swarm
/plugin install agent-swarm@agent-swarmRequires: AGENT_SWARM_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
Only station-agent asks for
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
Only Agent Swarm asks for
AGENT_SWARM_API_KEY (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: station-agent · What it can do: Agent Swarm · 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.