cartographer vs Srclight
cartographer is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by miltonian. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Srclight is an MCP server published by srclight. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. 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 |  cartographer |  Srclight |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.8.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.25.3 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 259 Downloads/week (PyPI): 108 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 | cartographer | Srclight |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 1 | 1 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (srclight) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs | 1 | 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 9 | 7 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/miltonian/cartographer | github.com/srclight/claude-code-plugin |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| 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
cartographer
Agent-first code understanding system. Builds a persistent world-model of your codebase with evidence-grounded facts, visual map projections, and inspectable source anchors.
Srclight
Deep code indexing for AI agents. FTS5 + embeddings + call graphs + git intelligence. Fully local.
How to run each
cartographer As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install cartographer@claude-communitySrclight As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio srclight -- uvx srclightCommands 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: cartographer · What it can do: Srclight · 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.