frugal vs r0x
frugal is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by fainir. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). r0x is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by nhevers. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-08. 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 |  frugal | |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Listed Version: 1.0.2 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace nhevers/project-r0x | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 48 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 | frugal | r0x |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (worse) | 48 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 4 | 1 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/fainir/frugal | github.com/nhevers/project-r0x |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-11-06 | 2026-10-30 |
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
frugal
Before your agent signs up for a paid API, LLM model, cloud service, SaaS plan, domain or anything else that costs money, it checks free tiers, right-sized plans and billing periods, startup, student, open-source and nonprofit programs, verified promo codes and cheaper alternatives, sized to the amount at stake. It never pays by itself.
r0x
Use the official r0x facilitator on Robinhood Chain directly from Claude Code.
How to run each
frugal
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
r0x As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add nhevers/project-r0x
/plugin install r0x-os@project-r0xCommands 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: frugal · What it can do: r0x · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/HEAD/.github/plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.