synaptic vs pixeltable
synaptic is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by HYPERLYNQ. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). pixeltable is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by pixeltable. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. 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 |  pixeltable | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.7.7 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.11.2 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 6 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.11.2 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 6 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 | synaptic | pixeltable |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 6 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 2 (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) | 5 | 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 9 | 7 |
| Licence (differs) | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/hyperlynq/synaptic | github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable-skill |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-12 | 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
synaptic
Persistent local memory for Claude Code — cross-session context, semantic search, zero cloud
pixeltable
Build multimodal AI applications with Pixeltable -- tables, computed columns, embedding search, UDFs, tool-calling agents, and 25+ AI provider integrations.
How to run each
synaptic
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
pixeltable As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install pixeltable@claude-plugins-officialCommands 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: synaptic · What it can do: pixeltable · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.