imessage vs SMSTunnel
imessage is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by njerschow. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). SMSTunnel is an MCP server published by narcisbodea. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). 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 |  SMSTunnel | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace njerschow/textme | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 8 Stars (GitHub): 92 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | imessage | SMSTunnel |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 92 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 8 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-03 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@narcisbodea/smstunnel-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 5, secrets among them: 2 | 4, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 5 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/njerschow/textme | github.com/narcisbodea/smstunnel-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-30 | 2026-11-03 |
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
imessage
Send and receive iMessages via Claude Code using Sendblue
SMSTunnel
Send texts (SMS) from your own Android phone and your own number, from any AI app.
How to run each
imessage As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add njerschow/textme
/plugin install imessage@imessage-marketplaceSMSTunnel As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "SMSTUNNEL_API_KEY=<YOUR_SMSTUNNEL_API_KEY>" --transport stdio smstunnel-mcp -- npx -y @narcisbodea/smstunnel-mcpRequires: SMSTUNNEL_API_KEY (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
Only imessage asks for
IMESSAGE_POLL_INTERVAL_MSIMESSAGE_WHITELISTSENDBLUE_API_KEY (secret)SENDBLUE_API_SECRET (secret)SENDBLUE_PHONE_NUMBER
Only SMSTunnel asks for
SMSTUNNEL_API_KEY (secret)SMSTUNNEL_CONFIRM_EACH_TEXTSMSTUNNEL_DEFAULT_COUNTRY_CODESMSTUNNEL_DEVICE_ID
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: imessage · What it can do: SMSTunnel · 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. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.