claude-channel-whatsapp vs dev.wagate/wagate
dev.wagate/wagate is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑25.
claude-channel-whatsapp is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by PenguinMiaou. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). dev.wagate/wagate is an MCP server published by wagate.dev. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-30. 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
| Marketplace |  claude-channel-whatsapp | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-25 Version: 0.2.0 No figure published 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 | claude-channel-whatsapp | dev.wagate/wagateno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@wagate/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 4, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 3 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/penguinmiaou/claude-channel-whatsapp | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-21 |
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 dev.wagate/wagate
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Use WhatsApp from AI apps through the Kaption extension. OAuth 2.1 relay that cannot read messages.
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Your business WhatsApp for any AI: read and search chats, digests, team stats, sends you approve.
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WhatsApp Web Agent by Nova (CIVAI)
I send and manage WhatsApp Web messages through your linked session
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Safety-first WhatsApp tools: draft-gated sends, enforced rate limits, append-only audit.
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Read, search, and send personal WhatsApp messages from any MCP client, behind a send-confirm gate.
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Drive WhatsApp from any MCP client: pair devices, send text and media, manage contacts and groups.
What each says it does
claude-channel-whatsapp
WhatsApp messaging bridge via WhatsApp Web with built-in access control
dev.wagate/wagate
Read WhatsApp chats and groups, and send messages when allowed, through the WaGate API.
How to run each
claude-channel-whatsapp As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install claude-channel-whatsapp@claude-communitydev.wagate/wagate
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
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 claude-channel-whatsapp publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: claude-channel-whatsapp · What it can do: dev.wagate/wagate · 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.