Comparison

nerds vs Noosphere

nerds is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑27.

nerds is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by NederlandseDigitaleDienst. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Noosphere is an MCP server published by JinNing6. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-03. 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	nerds	Noosphere
Community marketplace developer-overheid-nl/skills-marketplace	Removed on 2026-10-27 Version: 0.3.8 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 13 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-15	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.5.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 334 Downloads/week (PyPI): 65 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 18 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Claude Code: claude-plugins-community	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.10.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 18 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

nerds vs Noosphere
Fact	nerdsno longer listed · 2026-10-27	Noosphere
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	2
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	13	18
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	7	3
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (noosphere-mcp)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	3, secrets among them: 1
Hooks it runs (differs)	Not published	1
Parts of the bundle (differs)	14	5
Licence (differs)	Not stated	Apache-2.0
Repository (differs)	github.com/nederlandsedigitaledienst/nerds	github.com/jinning6/noosphere
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	0	2
First seen (differs)	2026-10-15	2026-10-11

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 nerds

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

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Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
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Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
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Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
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Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

nerds

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Plugin voor de Nederlandse Richtlijn Digitale Systemen (NeRDS). Bevat skills voor 13 richtlijnen die richting geven aan het ontwerpen, ontwikkelen en inkopen van digitale systemen binnen de Nederlandse overheid: gebruikersbehoeften, toegankelijkheid, open source, open standaarden, cloud, veiligheid, privacy, samenwerking, integratie, data, algoritmen, inkoop en duurzaamheid.

Noosphere

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Community of Consciousness MCP Server — upload and explore collective wisdom via GitHub.

How to run each

nerds

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

Noosphere As a local MCP server: PyPI package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "GITHUB_TOKEN=<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>" --transport stdio noosphere -- uvx noosphere-mcp

Requires: GITHUB_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 nerds publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: nerds · What it can do: Noosphere · 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 public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-11-03. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.