gws vs Google Workspace
gws is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by orieg. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). Google Workspace is an MCP server published by aaronsb. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 |  Google Workspace | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace orieg/gws-connector | Listed Version: 0.4.3 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 4.6.1 Downloads/month (npm): 5 596 Downloads/week (npm): 920 Forks (GitHub): 54 Stars (GitHub): 191 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 | gws | Google Workspace |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 191 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 54 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@aaronsb/google-workspace-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | 2, secrets among them: 0 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 9 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/orieg/gws-connector | github.com/aaronsb/google-workspace-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 1 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 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
gws
Multi-account workspace integration — Mail, Calendar, Drive, Sheets, and Docs with smart account routing for Gmail and Google Workspace
Google Workspace
Give AI agents access to Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and more — multi-account, manifest-driven
How to run each
gws As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add orieg/gws-connector
/plugin install gws@gws-connectorGoogle Workspace As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio google-workspace -- npx -y @aaronsb/google-workspace-mcpCommands 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 gws asks for
GWS_STATE_DIR
Only Google Workspace asks for
GOOGLE_CLIENT_IDGOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: gws · What it can do: Google Workspace · 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.