makerskills vs founder
makerskills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Corey Haines. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). founder is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Emotix. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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 coreyhaines31/makerskills | Listed Version: 1.9.0 Forks (GitHub): 74 Stars (GitHub): 873 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace emotixco/claude-skills-founder | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.1.7 Forks (GitHub): 63 Stars (GitHub): 728 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 | makerskills | founder |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 873 (better) | 728 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 74 (better) | 63 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-23 (better) | 2026-10-17 (worse) |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 22 | 13 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/coreyhaines31/makerskills | github.com/emotixco/claude-skills-founder |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-17 |
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
makerskills
20 skills for founders and indie operators. Meta (skillify / toolify / loopify), decision + strategy (decide / business-brainstorm / deep-research / domain / unstuck / maker-council), knowledge (second-brain / company-brain / read-book / watch-video), output (jab-hook / slide-deck), operations (pm / personal-cfo / company-cfo / paste / social-fetch). Sibling to marketingskills.
founder
13 skills for startup founders: validation, research, pricing, go-to-market, pitch decks, and fundraising.
How to run each
makerskills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add coreyhaines31/makerskills
/plugin install makerskills@makerskillsfounder As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add emotixco/claude-skills-founder
/plugin install founder@emotixCommands 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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: makerskills · What it can do: founder · Compare two other plugins
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