context-bar vs claude-hud
context-bar is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Hamza Zafar. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). claude-hud is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by jarrodwatts. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-27. 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 |  claude-hud | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace hamzafer/claude-code-mods | Listed Version: 0.1.3 Forks (GitHub): 44 Stars (GitHub): 394 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.7.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 332 Stars (GitHub): 28 903 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 | context-bar | claude-hud |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 394 (worse) | 28 903 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 44 (worse) | 1 332 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-26 |
| 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) | Not published | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/hamzafer/claude-code-mods | github.com/jarrodwatts/claude-hud |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-20 | 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
context-bar
Your context window as a stacked bar above the prompt, a color per category, with token counts and the compaction point. /context-bar shows or hides it.
claude-hud
Real-time statusline HUD for Claude Code - context health, tool activity, agent tracking, and todo progress
How to run each
context-bar As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add hamzafer/claude-code-mods
/plugin install context-bar@claude-code-modsclaude-hud As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install claude-hud@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: context-bar · What it can do: claude-hud · 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.