Sysadmin Homelab vs HomeShed
Sysadmin Homelab is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑24.
Sysadmin Homelab is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by danielrosehill. No marketplace we read lists it any more. HomeShed is an MCP server published by keefng8. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-03. 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 |  HomeShed | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins | Removed on 2026-10-24 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 6 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.7.6 Downloads/month (PyPI): 0 Downloads/week (PyPI): 539 Not marked · First seen |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.7.6 Downloads/month (PyPI): 0 Downloads/week (PyPI): 539 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 21 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 | Sysadmin Homelabno longer listed · | HomeShed |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 6 | 21 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 6 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-01 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (homeshed-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 16 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/danielrosehill/claude-sysadmin-homelab-plugin | github.com/keefng8/homeshed-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 13 |
| 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 Sysadmin Homelab
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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I run shell commands on your private cloud environment (bash, sh, zsh)
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Deploy and operate full applications with Monk DevOps Agent from Claude Code.
What each says it does
Sysadmin Homelab
Sysadmin and homelab — diagnose, status, update config, backup, with linux/docker/conda/proxmox/nas/adb/sbc/remote-admin/lan variants.
HomeShed
Every tool your AI needs in one self-hosted install: memory, reasoning, git, Docker and more.
How to run each
Sysadmin Homelab
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
HomeShed As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio homeshed-mcp -- uvx homeshed-mcpCommands 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: Sysadmin Homelab · What it can do: HomeShed · 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. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.