claude-scholar vs nimble
claude-scholar is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Galaxy-Dawn. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). nimble is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Nimbleway. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). 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 |  nimble | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace galaxy-dawn/claude-scholar | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 461 Stars (GitHub): 5 857 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.7.0 Forks (GitHub): 19 Stars (GitHub): 60 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.7.0 Forks (GitHub): 19 Stars (GitHub): 60 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 19 Stars (GitHub): 60 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 | claude-scholar | nimble |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 4 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 5 857 (better) | 60 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 461 (better) | 19 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-16 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (mcp.nimbleway.com/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 5 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 96 | 19 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/galaxy-dawn/claude-scholar | github.com/nimbleway/agent-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 4 days ago |
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
claude-scholar
Semi-automated research assistant with skills for literature review, experiments, analysis, writing, and project knowledge management
nimble
Nimble web data toolkit — search, extract, map, crawl the web and work with structured data agents
How to run each
claude-scholar As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add galaxy-dawn/claude-scholar
/plugin install claude-scholar@claude-scholarnimble As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install nimble@claude-plugins-officialCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only nimble 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: claude-scholar · What it can do: nimble · 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-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.