Comparison

modern-web-guidance vs io.github.giancarloerra/socraticode

modern-web-guidance is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by GoogleChrome. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot, Community GitHub marketplaces). io.github.giancarloerra/socraticode is an MCP server published by giancarloerra. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22. 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
Marketplace	modern-web-guidance	io.github.giancarloerra/socraticode
Claude Code: claude-plugins-official	Listed Version: 0.0.194 Forks (GitHub): 97 Stars (GitHub): 2 525 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Claude: knowledge-work-plugins	Listed Version: 0.0.194 Forks (GitHub): 97 Stars (GitHub): 2 525 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot	Listed Version: 0.0.179 Forks (GitHub): 97 Stars (GitHub): 2 525 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.16.1 Downloads/month (npm): 19 713 Downloads/week (npm): 2 291 Forks (GitHub): 433 Stars (GitHub): 3 350 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Claude Code: claude-plugins-community	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.11.0 Forks (GitHub): 433 Stars (GitHub): 3 350 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-12

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

modern-web-guidance vs io.github.giancarloerra/socraticode
Fact	modern-web-guidance	io.github.giancarloerra/socraticode
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	4 (better)	3 (worse)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	2 525 (worse)	3 350 (better)
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	97 (worse)	433 (better)
Last release (differs)	2026-10-20 (better)	2026-10-16 (worse)
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (socraticode)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	17, secrets among them: 6
Hooks it runs (differs)	Not published	1
Parts of the bundle (differs)	2	5
Licence (differs)	Apache-2.0	AGPL-3.0-only
Repository (differs)	github.com/googlechrome/modern-web-guidance	github.com/giancarloerra/socraticode
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	5	2
First seen	2026-10-11	2026-10-11

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

modern-web-guidance

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

Keep your coding agent up to date with the latest web best practices

io.github.giancarloerra/socraticode

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

MCP server for enterprise local codebase indexing, semantic search, and code dependency graphs.

How to run each

modern-web-guidance As a Claude Code plugin

Claude Code

/plugin install modern-web-guidance@claude-plugins-official

io.github.giancarloerra/socraticode As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "GOOGLE_API_KEY=<YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY>" --env "LITELLM_API_KEY=<YOUR_LITELLM_API_KEY>" --env "LMSTUDIO_API_KEY=<YOUR_LMSTUDIO_API_KEY>" --env "OLLAMA_API_KEY=<YOUR_OLLAMA_API_KEY>" --env "OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>" --env "QDRANT_API_KEY=<YOUR_QDRANT_API_KEY>" --transport stdio socraticode -- npx -y socraticode

Requires: GOOGLE_API_KEY (secret), LITELLM_API_KEY (secret), LMSTUDIO_API_KEY (secret), OLLAMA_API_KEY (secret), OPENAI_API_KEY (secret), QDRANT_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 modern-web-guidance publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: modern-web-guidance · What it can do: io.github.giancarloerra/socraticode · Compare two other plugins

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/github/awesome-copilot/blob/HEAD/.github/plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. 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 2026-10-22. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.