quark vs sola
quark is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Quark Engine. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). sola is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by SolaSecurity. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. 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 |  sola | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace ev-flow/quark-engine | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 220 Stars (GitHub): 1 734 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 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
| Fact | quark | sola |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 734 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 220 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (api.sola.security/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | 1 |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/ev-flow/quark-engine | github.com/solasecurity/claude-code-sola |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-18 | 2026-10-12 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 13 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
quark
Quark Engine skills: run APK malware analysis (/quark:analysis) and generate detection rules (/quark:rule-gen).
sola
AI-native security intelligence. Query your security posture, investigate threats, triage alerts, and run SQL against all your connected data sources — directly from Claude Code.
How to run each
quark As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add ev-flow/quark-engine
/plugin install quark@quark-enginesola As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install sola@claude-communityCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only sola 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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: quark · What it can do: sola · 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-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.