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excalidraw-skill vs com.chartforgeai/chartforge

excalidraw-skill is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by edwingao28. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). com.chartforgeai/chartforge is an MCP server published by chartforgeai.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-12. 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

Where each is published
Marketplaceexcalidraw-skillcom.chartforgeai/chartforge
Claude Code: claude-plugins-community Listed
Version: 0.2.0
Forks (GitHub): 10
Stars (GitHub): 210
Not marked · First seen
Not listed
Official MCP Registry Not listed Listed
Version: 0.1.4
Forks (GitHub): 0
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

excalidraw-skill vs com.chartforgeai/chartforge
Factexcalidraw-skillcom.chartforgeai/chartforge
Marketplaces that list it11
Stars (GitHub) (differs)210 (better)0 (worse)
Forks (GitHub) (differs)10 (better)0 (worse)
Last releaseNot publishedNot published
Where it runs (differs)Installs as a plugin bundleOn your machine (chartforge-mcp)
Transport (differs)Not statedstdio
Tools it declaresNot publishedNot published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)Not published1, secrets among them: 1
LicenceNot statedNot stated
Repository (differs)github.com/edwingao28/excalidraw-toolkitgithub.com/crawde/chartforge-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days00
First seen2026-10-112026-10-11

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

excalidraw-skill

In its own words, on Claude Code: claude-plugins-community:

Excalidraw toolkit for generating architecture diagrams on a live Excalidraw canvas.

com.chartforgeai/chartforge

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

MCP server for ChartForge — generate stunning charts and diagrams from natural language

How to run each

excalidraw-skill

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

com.chartforgeai/chartforge As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code
claude mcp add --env "CHARTFORGE_API_KEY=<YOUR_CHARTFORGE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio chartforge -- npx -y chartforge-mcp

Requires: CHARTFORGE_API_KEY (secret)

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

The marketplaces of excalidraw-skill publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: excalidraw-skill · What it can do: com.chartforgeai/chartforge · 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 the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.

Where the data comes from: how the catalog is built