better-writing vs thesis-polish
better-writing is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Dan Dewhurst. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). thesis-polish is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by SAKEH0017. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. 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 |  thesis-polish | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace forjd/better-writing | Listed Version: 2.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 44 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: ac00736 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 | better-writing | thesis-polish |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 44 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| 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 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/forjd/better-writing | github.com/sakeh0017/claude-plugins-official |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-18 | 2026-10-12 |
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
better-writing
Rewrite, draft, and review prose so it is clear, specific, and human, without inventing facts or flattening the writer's voice.
thesis-polish
Thesis-polish helps Chinese undergraduate students improve the naturalness and readability of their academic writing. It rewrites AI-assisted or mechanically-written thesis drafts into more authentic, human-sounding academic prose while strictly preserving professional terminology, data, citations, and original meaning. The skill applies eight core strategies including adding natural filler words, replacing mechanical transition phrases, varying sentence rhythm, and breaking overly-perfect parallel structures that are characteristic of AI-generated text
How to run each
better-writing As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add forjd/better-writing
/plugin install better-writing@forjdthesis-polish As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install thesis-polish@claude-communityCommands 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: better-writing · What it can do: thesis-polish · 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.