erd-designer vs Excalidraw Architect
erd-designer is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑11‑04.
erd-designer is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by kajitiluna. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Excalidraw Architect is an MCP server published by BV-Venky. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-07. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Excalidraw Architect | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace kajitiluna/erd-designer | Removed on 2026-11-04 Version: 0.261102.4845 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 27 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.2 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 548 Downloads/week (PyPI): 308 Forks (GitHub): 10 Stars (GitHub): 163 Not marked · First seen |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.0.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 548 Downloads/week (PyPI): 308 Forks (GitHub): 10 Stars (GitHub): 163 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 | erd-designerno longer listed · | Excalidraw Architect |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 27 | 163 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 6 | 10 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (excalidraw-architect-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/kajitiluna/erd-designer | github.com/bv-venky/excalidraw-architect-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 3 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-24 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of erd-designer
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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ER diagrams from SQL, Prisma or ORM models. One tool, no account, nothing stored.
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Database schema design and ERD generation
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db-planner io.dbplanner/db-planner
Read and edit DB Planner database schemas, diagrams and board layouts as an AI agent.
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mcp io.datadef/mcp
Generate, edit, and export data-architecture diagrams from your AI. Column lineage, PNG in chat.
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eraser io.eraser/eraser
Generate, edit, and manage Eraser diagrams and docs with AI.
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sqemo io.github.sqemo/sqemo
Design ERDs with your team's naming standards: query/edit entities and relationships, SQL/DBML
What each says it does
erd-designer
Design and edit ERD Designer (.erd) files with an agent via a bundled CLI and skill.
Excalidraw Architect
Generate beautiful Excalidraw architecture diagrams with auto-layout and component styling
How to run each
erd-designer
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Excalidraw Architect As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio excalidraw-architect-mcp -- uvx excalidraw-architect-mcpCommands 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: erd-designer · What it can do: Excalidraw Architect · 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.