mintlify vs sansheng-distill
mintlify is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by mintlify. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins). sansheng-distill is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by 叁笙 (sansheng). Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-08. 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 |  mintlify | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: c1c1700 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 7 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Listed Version: acd6d2e Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 7 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace sanshengai/sansheng-distill | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.11.0 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 65 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 | mintlify | sansheng-distill |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 (worse) | 65 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (worse) | 7 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-11-07 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mintlify.com/docs/mcp) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 3 | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/mintlify/mintlify-claude-plugin | github.com/sanshengai/sansheng-distill |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 3 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-11-04 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Answered with HTTP 307 (26 h ago) | no remote endpoint we check |
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
mintlify
Build beautiful documentation sites with Mintlify. Convert non-markdown files into properly formatted MDX pages, add and modify content with correct component use, and automate documentation updates.
sansheng-distill
Distill books, video series, creator corpora, and evidence-backed biographies into auditable outputs.
How to run each
mintlify As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install mintlify@claude-plugins-officialsansheng-distill As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add sanshengai/sansheng-distill
/plugin install sansheng-distill@sansheng-distill-marketplaceCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only mintlify has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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: mintlify · What it can do: sansheng-distill · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.