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build-macos-apps vs Skills Anywhere

build-macos-apps is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑29.

build-macos-apps is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by duyet. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Skills Anywhere is an MCP server published by noteflowai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. 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
Marketplacebuild-macos-appsSkills Anywhere
Community marketplace duyet/codex-claude-plugins Removed on 2026-10-29
Version: 1.1.0
Forks (GitHub): 1
Stars (GitHub): 15
Not marked · First seen
Not listed
Official MCP Registry Not listed Listed
Version: 0.19.0
Downloads/month (npm): 4 567
Downloads/week (npm): 652
Forks (GitHub): 0
Stars (GitHub): 6
Not marked · First seen
npm registry (MCP servers) Not listed Listed
Version: 0.19.0
Downloads/month (npm): 4 567
Downloads/week (npm): 652
Forks (GitHub): 0
Stars (GitHub): 6
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

build-macos-apps vs Skills Anywhere
Factbuild-macos-appsno longer listed · Skills Anywhere
Marketplaces that list it (differs)02
Stars (GitHub) (differs)156
Forks (GitHub) (differs)10
Last releaseNot publishedNot published
Where it runs (differs)Installs as a plugin bundleOn your machine (dsh-skills-anywhere)
Transport (differs)Not statedstdio
Tools it declaresNot publishedNot published
Environment variables it asks forNot publishedNot published
Parts of the bundle (differs)15Not a bundle
LicenceMITMIT
Repository (differs)github.com/duyet/codex-claude-pluginsgithub.com/noteflowai/dsh-skills-anywhere
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)20
First seen (differs)2026-10-162026-10-11

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 build-macos-apps

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

  • Build macOS Apps

    Build, run, test, debug, instrument, and implement local macOS apps using Xcode, SwiftUI, AppKit interop, unified logging, and shell-first desktop workflows.

    by OpenAI · Plugin bundle

    Listed on: Codex: openai-curated (openai/plugins) · Describes nearly the same job

  • fuse-swift-apple-expert

    Expert Swift 6.4 + SwiftUI for iOS 27, macOS 27, iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, visionOS 27, tvOS 27 with Liquid Glass, @Observable, actors, SwiftData inheritance

    by Fusengine · Plugin bundle

    Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job

  • Build iOS Apps

    Build iOS apps with workflows for App Intents, SwiftUI UI work, Simulator mirroring in the Codex in-app browser, performance profiling, leak investigation, and simulator debugging.

    by OpenAI · Plugin bundle

    Listed on: Codex: openai-curated (openai/plugins) · Describes nearly the same job

  • foundation-models

    Helps coding agents write and review Apple Foundation Models code for iOS, macOS, visionOS, and watchOS using the SDK installed on the developer's Mac. It verifies real API…

    by artemnovichkov · Plugin bundle

    Listed on: Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot · Describes nearly the same job

  • xtool

    Xcode-free iOS development with xtool - build SwiftPM apps on Linux, Windows, and macOS without Xcode

    by 2389-research · Plugin bundle

    Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job

  • ios-dev

    iOS/macOS SwiftUI expertise. Ships the ios-dev agent, ios-patterns, ios-app-templates (reference apps), and 24 vendored third-party skills (apple-design + iphone-apps + asc-* App…

    by hanamizuki · Plugin bundle

    Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

build-macos-apps

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Build, debug, instrument, and implement macOS apps with SwiftUI and AppKit guidance, codesigning, packaging, and telemetry workflows.

Skills Anywhere

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Discover and load Agent Skills from configured local directories and Git sources over stdio MCP.

How to run each

build-macos-apps

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

Skills Anywhere As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio dsh-skills-anywhere -- npx -y dsh-skills-anywhere mcp

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

Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.

What it can do: build-macos-apps · What it can do: Skills Anywhere · 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 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.

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