codspeed vs visual-explainer
codspeed is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by CodSpeedHQ. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Community GitHub marketplaces, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). visual-explainer is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by nicobailon. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 |  codspeed |  visual-explainer |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 33 Stars (GitHub): 373 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 33 Stars (GitHub): 373 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.8.1 Forks (GitHub): 673 Stars (GitHub): 10 380 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 | codspeed | visual-explainer |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 373 (worse) | 10 380 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 33 (worse) | 673 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.codspeed.io/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) | 3 | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/codspeedhq/codspeed | github.com/nicobailon/visual-explainer |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-12 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 4 h 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
codspeed
CodSpeed is the all-in-one performance testing toolkit. Dive into benchmarking results, flamegraphs, and performance comparisons — give Claude granular profiling context to pinpoint bottlenecks and autonomously iterate on performance via the CodSpeed MCP server.
visual-explainer
An agent skill that turns complex terminal output into styled HTML pages you actually want to read.
How to run each
codspeed As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install codspeed@claude-plugins-officialvisual-explainer As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install visual-explainer@claude-communityCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only codspeed 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: codspeed · What it can do: visual-explainer · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.