malchela vs VirusTotal
malchela is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by dwmetz. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). VirusTotal is an MCP server published by VirusTotal. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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 |  malchela |  VirusTotal |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 13eabfe Forks (GitHub): 8 Stars (GitHub): 117 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.9.9 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 474 Downloads/week (PyPI): 114 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 21 Not marked · First seen |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.9.9 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 474 Downloads/week (PyPI): 114 Forks (GitHub): 3 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 | malchela | VirusTotal |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 2 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 117 (better) | 21 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 8 (better) | 3 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| 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 | 1, secrets among them: 0 | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/dwmetz/malchela | github.com/virustotal/virustotal-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 37 h ago, requires a key |
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
malchela
MalChela is a Rust-based malware analysis toolkit for DFIR analysts and malware researchers. It exposes file triage, string extraction with IOC detection and MITRE ATT&CK mapping, YARA rule generation, hash lookup, VirusTotal and MalwareBazaar threat intel queries, and NSRL database checks — all accessible to Claude via MCP server integration.
VirusTotal
Official VirusTotal MCP server: threat reports, file and URL submissions, and analysis recovery.
How to run each
malchela As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install malchela@claude-communityVirusTotal As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http virustotal-mcp https://ai.virustotal.com/mcpRequires: VTAI_TOKEN_FILE
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only VirusTotal 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
Only malchela asks for
MALCHELA_DIR
Only VirusTotal asks for
VTAI_TOKEN_FILE
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: malchela · What it can do: VirusTotal · 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 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.