defang vs Cloudinary Environment Config
defang is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by DefangLabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). Cloudinary Environment Config is an MCP server published by cloudinary.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-14. 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 |  defang |  Cloudinary Environment Config |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 24 Stars (GitHub): 167 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.6.4 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.6.4 Downloads/month (npm): 1 093 Downloads/week (npm): 421 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | defang | Cloudinary Environment Config |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 2 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 167 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 24 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-13 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 3, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/defanglabs/defang | github.com/cloudinary/environment-config-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-12 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 13 h ago |
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
defang
Deploy any Docker Compose app to your own cloud account on AWS or GCP in minutes. The `/defang:deploy` skill guides you through the full workflow. Your code and secrets never leave your infrastructure.
Cloudinary Environment Config
Manage Cloudinary upload presets, named transformations, mappings, triggers, and streaming profiles.
How to run each
defang As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install defang@claude-communityCloudinary Environment Config As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http environment-config-mcp https://environment-config.mcp.cloudinary.com/mcp --header "cloudinary-api-secret: <YOUR_CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET>"Requires: CLOUDINARY_API_KEY, CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET (secret), CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME, cloudinary-api-secret header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Cloudinary Environment Config has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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 defang publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: defang · What it can do: Cloudinary Environment Config · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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 public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.