Statusline for Claude Code vs Orchestrator
Statusline for Claude Code is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Ilia Pluzhnikov. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). Orchestrator is an MCP server published by crAK1644. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-06. 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 |  Orchestrator | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace ilia-pluzhnikov/claude-code-statusline | Listed Version: 1.3.2 Forks (GitHub): 15 Stars (GitHub): 120 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.12.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 6 410 Downloads/week (PyPI): 136 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 10 Not marked · First seen |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.12.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 6 410 Downloads/week (PyPI): 136 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 10 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 | Statusline for Claude Code | Orchestrator |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 120 (better) | 10 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 15 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (orchestrator-mcp-server) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 0 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/ilia-pluzhnikov/claude-code-statusline | github.com/crak1644/orchestrator-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-21 | 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
Statusline for Claude Code
A dependency-free Node.js status line for Claude Code: model and effort, live git state, context window, prompt-cache state and rate limits on one color-coded line.
Orchestrator
Let one coding-agent CLI consult another: Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, Copilot or Antigravity.
How to run each
Statusline for Claude Code As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add ilia-pluzhnikov/claude-code-statusline
/plugin install statusline-for-claude-code@ilia-pluzhnikovOrchestrator As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "ORCHESTRATOR_CONFIG=<YOUR_ORCHESTRATOR_CONFIG>" --env "ORCHESTRATOR_HOST_RUNTIME=<YOUR_ORCHESTRATOR_HOST_RUNTIME>" --transport stdio orchestrator-mcp -- uvx orchestrator-mcp-serverRequires: ORCHESTRATOR_CONFIG, ORCHESTRATOR_HOST_RUNTIME
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 Statusline for Claude Code publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Statusline for Claude Code · What it can do: Orchestrator · Compare two other plugins
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. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.