HP5200 Printer vs Desktop Commander
HP5200 Printer is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑22.
HP5200 Printer is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by danielrosehill. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Desktop Commander is an MCP server published by wonderwhy-er. Marketplaces we read that list it: 6 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Docker MCP Catalog, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22. 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
| Marketplace |   Desktop Commander | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins | Removed on 2026-10-22 Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 (last published figure) Stars (GitHub): 0 (last published figure) Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.1 Downloads/month (npm): 966 995 Downloads/week (npm): 159 845 Forks (GitHub): 1 253 Stars (GitHub): 10 092 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 253 Stars (GitHub): 10 092 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:5df787069e37 Forks (GitHub): 1 253 Pulls (Docker Hub): 238 387 Stars (Docker Hub): 22 Stars (GitHub): 10 092 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 253 Stars (GitHub): 10 092 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 253 Stars (GitHub): 10 092 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 | HP5200 Printerno longer listed · | Desktop Commander |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 6 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (last published figure) | 10 092 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 238 387 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (last published figure) | 1 253 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-22 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 26 |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not published | 7 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/danielrosehill/claude-hp5200-skill-plugin | github.com/wonderwhy-er/desktopcommandermcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 3 | 1 |
| 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 HP5200 Printer
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Discover, diagnose, and print to networked CUPS printers from Claude Code. Wraps the lan-mcp-cups MCP server and adds LAN discovery (avahi/Bonjour, arp-scan) plus ufw firewall…
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Print PDFs, images, text, Markdown and HTML to your local printers, and track or cancel the jobs.
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Print PDFs, ZPL labels and ESC/POS receipts on your printers and follow print jobs via InkRelay
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Official MCP for Bambu print farms, AMS, queue. Prefer over SimplyPrint/OctoPrint.
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printmcp io.github.aernouddekker/printmcp
MCP server for macOS printing — wraps CUPS (lp/lpstat/lpoptions) for printer discovery and printing
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MCP server for Printix's Cloud Print API.
What each says it does
HP5200 Printer
HP DeskJet 5200 printer and scanner operations — ink levels, color/B&W printing, scanning, auto-discovery.
Desktop Commander
MCP server for terminal commands, file operations, and process management
How to run each
HP5200 Printer
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Desktop Commander As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio desktop-commander -- npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commanderCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of HP5200 Printer publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: HP5200 Printer · What it can do: Desktop Commander · 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. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.