che-ical-mcp vs excel-cli
che-ical-mcp is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Che Cheng. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). excel-cli is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by sbroenne. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 |  excel-cli | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace kiki830621/che-ical-mcp | Listed Version: 1.20.0 Forks (GitHub): 9 Stars (GitHub): 41 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.3.11 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | che-ical-mcp | excel-cli |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 41 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 9 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| 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) | 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 12 | Not published |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/kiki830621/che-ical-mcp | github.com/sbroenne/mcp-server-excel-plugins |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 6 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-13 | 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
che-ical-mcp
macOS 行事曆與提醒事項 MCP Server - EventKit 整合，29 個工具，--cli 直接呼叫模式、--setup TCC 預授權（前景 NSApplication，#163）、--self-update 自我升級+SHA-256 驗證、個別事件時區、復原/重做、週期事件 occurrence 操作、cleanup_completed_reminders 一鍵清除、清除到期日、星期驗證、MCP 層級 #標籤、冪等寫入、重複事件、地點觸發、結構化位置、彈性日期解析、模糊匹配、篩選/排序/限制
excel-cli
Let your coding agent work with real Microsoft Excel workbooks from the terminal: formulas, Power Query, PivotTables, charts, and VBA. Same features as Excel MCP, usually with fewer AI tokens. Requires Windows, desktop Excel 2016 or later, and Node.js 18 or later.
How to run each
che-ical-mcp As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add kiki830621/che-ical-mcp
/plugin install che-ical-mcp@che-ical-mcpexcel-cli
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: che-ical-mcp · What it can do: excel-cli · 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/github/awesome-copilot/blob/HEAD/.github/plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.