claude-cast vs youtube-kit
claude-cast is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by kvreem. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). youtube-kit is an MCP server published by eukosh. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22. 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-cast |  youtube-kit |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 7 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.7.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 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-cast | youtube-kit |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-21 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (youtube-kit) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 5 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/kvreem/claude-cast | github.com/eukosh/youtube-kit |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 5 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-18 |
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-cast
Stream Twitch, YouTube, and Kick live streams alongside your Claude Code sessions. Audio plays via mpv, live chat scrolls in a neo-blessed TUI side pane with colored usernames and badges, and an animated waveform visualizer shows playback status. Three layout modes (compact, rich, minimal), full slash command control (/claude-cast pause, mute, volume, stop), and keyboard shortcuts for hands-free control. Twitch chat works zero-config, YouTube and Kick supported out of the box. Runs in a tmux split pane so your coding workflow stays uninterrupted.
youtube-kit
YouTube CLI and MCP server: search and read public YouTube, and manage your own channels.
How to run each
claude-cast As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install claude-cast@claude-communityyoutube-kit As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "YOUTUBE_API_KEY=<YOUR_YOUTUBE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio youtube-kit -- uvx youtube-kit mcpRequires: YOUTUBE_API_KEY (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
Only claude-cast asks for
CLAUDE_CAST_ROOT
Only youtube-kit asks for
YOUTUBE_API_KEY (secret)YOUTUBE_CHANNEL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: claude-cast · What it can do: youtube-kit · 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.