Comparison

Desktop Manager vs ultranix-mcp

Desktop Manager is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑11‑06.

Desktop Manager is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by danielrosehill. No marketplace we read lists it any more. ultranix-mcp is an MCP server published by jxoesneon. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-13. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	Desktop Manager	ultranix-mcp
Community marketplace danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins	Removed on 2026-11-06 Version: 2.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-15	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.4.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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

Desktop Manager vs ultranix-mcp
Fact	Desktop Managerno longer listed · 2026-11-06	ultranix-mcp
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	1
Stars (GitHub)	1	1
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0	1
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (ghcr.io/jxoesneon/ultranix-mcp:1.4.0)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	6, secrets among them: 4
Parts of the bundle (differs)	11	Not a bundle
Licence (differs)	MIT	Not stated
Repository (differs)	github.com/danielrosehill/claude-desktop-manager-plugin	github.com/jxoesneon/ultranix-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-15	2026-10-11

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

What to use instead of Desktop Manager

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

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Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

Desktop Manager

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Linux desktop management — auto-profiles the local machine on first run and persists it to user data, then runs system checks, package install/remove, config application, hardware troubleshooting, service/log inspection against that profile.

ultranix-mcp

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Secure Linux desktop automation - input, screen/OCR/vision, AT-SPI2 UI tree, window, clipboard

How to run each

Desktop Manager

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

ultranix-mcp As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "ULTRANIX_MCP_API_KEY=<YOUR_ULTRANIX_MCP_API_KEY>" --env "ULTRANIX_MCP_AUDIT_SECRET=<YOUR_ULTRANIX_MCP_AUDIT_SECRET>" --env "ULTRANIX_MCP_HISTORY_SECRET=<YOUR_ULTRANIX_MCP_HISTORY_SECRET>" --env "ULTRANIX_MCP_SENTRY_DSN=<YOUR_ULTRANIX_MCP_SENTRY_DSN>" --transport stdio ultranix-mcp -- docker run -i --rm -e ULTRANIX_MCP_API_KEY -e ULTRANIX_MCP_AUDIT_SECRET -e ULTRANIX_MCP_HISTORY_SECRET -e ULTRANIX_MCP_SENTRY_DSN ghcr.io/jxoesneon/ultranix-mcp:1.4.0

Requires: ULTRANIX_MCP_API_KEY (secret), ULTRANIX_MCP_AUDIT_SECRET (secret), ULTRANIX_MCP_HISTORY_SECRET (secret), ULTRANIX_MCP_SENTRY_DSN (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

The marketplaces of Desktop Manager publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: Desktop Manager · What it can do: ultranix-mcp · 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 2026-11-13. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.