Comparison

Lucid vs Glif

Lucid is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑17.

Lucid is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Lucid Software. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Glif is an MCP server published by glif.app. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	Lucid	Glif
Community marketplace lucidsoftware/lucid-mcp-server	Removed on 2026-10-17 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-13	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 32 Stars (GitHub): 217 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Not listed	Listed Version: sha256:3f93ddceeb99 Forks (GitHub): 32 Pulls (Docker Hub): 20 036 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 217 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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

Lucid vs Glif
Fact	Lucidno longer listed · 2026-10-17	Glif
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	3
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	3	217
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	No figure on Docker Hub	20 036
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	1	32
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	Remote server (mcp.lucid.app/mcp)	Remote server or your machine
Transport (differs)	Streamable HTTP	Streamable HTTP, stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	Not published	10
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	3, secrets among them: 1
Parts of the bundle (differs)	3	11
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/lucidsoftware/lucid-mcp-server	github.com/glifxyz/glif-mcp-server
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-13	2026-10-11
Endpoint at the last check (differs)	no remote endpoint we check	Responded 6 days ago

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 Lucid

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

pm-visuals

Turn ideas into visuals: Flowchart, Architecture Diagram, User Journey Map, Org Chart, Sequence Diagram, Mind Map, Gantt Roadmap, ER Diagram, and Chart (bar/line/pie) — plus…

by Mohit Aggarwal · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
draw.io

Create draw.io diagrams with Claude: shown inline and interactive in chat, or saved as native .drawio files in your project with PNG/SVG/PDF export. Author as Mermaid or draw.io…

by draw.io · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
canvs-claude-plugin

Create diagrams, flowcharts, mind maps, wireframes and more with AI.

by voronkovm · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Claude Code: claude-plugins-community · Describes nearly the same job
Next AI Draw.io

draw.io diagrams your AI agent draws on a live browser canvas that you can also edit by hand

by DayuanJiang · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community · Describes nearly the same job
excalidraw

Generate architecture diagrams as Excalidraw files from natural language

by yogsma · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Claude Code: claude-plugins-community · Describes nearly the same job
AI Flowchart

Create flowcharts, mind maps, sequence/ER/UML diagrams and charts as editable, presentable boards.

by aiflowchart.io · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

Lucid

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Create Lucidchart diagrams, find Lucid documents, and eliminate context switching.

Glif

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Generate images, video, and audio with Glif's media-generation agent

How to run each

Lucid

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

Glif As a remote MCP server

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http glif https://glif.app/api/mcp

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Only Glif has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of Lucid publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of Lucid publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: Lucid · What it can do: Glif · 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. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-29. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.