canvas-apps vs Actual Budget
canvas-apps is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/copilot-plugins). Actual Budget is an MCP server published by henfrydls. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. 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 |  canvas-apps |  Actual Budget |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/copilot-plugins | Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 214 Stars (GitHub): 1 064 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.11.0 Downloads/month (npm): 1 859 Downloads/week (npm): 322 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 17 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 | canvas-apps | Actual Budget |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 064 (better) | 17 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 214 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-22 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (actual-budget-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 9, secrets among them: 3 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills | github.com/henfrydls/actual-budget-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| 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
canvas-apps
Build Power Apps Canvas Apps using the Canvas Authoring MCP server.
Actual Budget
Actual Budget, carefully: deletes preview first, and new transactions check for duplicates.
How to run each
canvas-apps
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Actual Budget As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "ACTUAL_BUDGET_ID=<YOUR_ACTUAL_BUDGET_ID>" --env "ACTUAL_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD=<YOUR_ACTUAL_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD>" --env "ACTUAL_PASSWORD=<YOUR_ACTUAL_PASSWORD>" --env "ACTUAL_SERVER_URL=<YOUR_ACTUAL_SERVER_URL>" --env "ACTUAL_SESSION_TOKEN=<YOUR_ACTUAL_SESSION_TOKEN>" --transport stdio actual-budget-mcp -- npx -y actual-budget-mcpRequires: ACTUAL_BUDGET_ID, ACTUAL_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD (secret), ACTUAL_PASSWORD (secret), ACTUAL_SERVER_URL, ACTUAL_SESSION_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 canvas-apps publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: canvas-apps · What it can do: Actual Budget · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/copilot-plugins/blob/HEAD/.github/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.