claude-relay vs Claude Bridge
claude-relay is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Innestic. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Claude Bridge is an MCP server published by constripacity. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. 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-relay |  Claude Bridge |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.1.5 Forks (GitHub): 12 Stars (GitHub): 61 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.3.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 375 Downloads/week (PyPI): 129 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 14 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-relay | Claude Bridge |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 61 (better) | 14 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 12 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (claude-code-bridge) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/innestic/claude-relay | github.com/constripacity/claude-bridge |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| 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
claude-relay
Let local Claude Code sessions talk to each other in natural language.
Claude Bridge
Durable local-first MCP relay for independent coding agents.
How to run each
claude-relay As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install claude-relay@claude-communityClaude Bridge As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "CLAUDE_BRIDGE_AUTH_TOKEN=<YOUR_CLAUDE_BRIDGE_AUTH_TOKEN>" --transport stdio claude-code-bridge -- uvx claude-code-bridge --stdioRequires: CLAUDE_BRIDGE_AUTH_TOKEN (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 claude-relay publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: claude-relay · What it can do: Claude Bridge · 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 Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.