DBHawk vs looker
DBHawk is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Datasparc. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). looker is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by gemini-cli-extensions. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. 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 |  looker | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace datasparc/dbhawk-mcp-plugin | Listed Version: 0.4.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.11 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 57 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.10 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 57 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 | DBHawk | looker |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 3 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 57 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 5 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| 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 (differs) | 3, secrets among them: 1 | 7, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/datasparc/dbhawk-mcp-plugin | github.com/gemini-cli-extensions/looker |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-11 |
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
DBHawk
Read-only DBHawk datasource exploration + HawkAI over the /api/v2/mcp API.
looker
Connect to Looker and interact with your data using LookML.
How to run each
DBHawk As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add datasparc/dbhawk-mcp-plugin
/plugin install dbhawk@dbhawk-marketplacelooker As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install looker@claude-plugins-officialCommands 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
Only DBHawk asks for
DBHAWK_BASE_URLDBHAWK_DEFAULT_DATASOURCEDBHAWK_TOKEN (secret)
Only looker asks for
LOOKER_BASE_URLLOOKER_CLIENT_IDLOOKER_CLIENT_SECRET (secret)LOOKER_SHOW_HIDDEN_EXPLORESLOOKER_SHOW_HIDDEN_FIELDSLOOKER_SHOW_HIDDEN_MODELSLOOKER_VERIFY_SSL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: DBHawk · What it can do: looker · Compare two other plugins
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-official/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.