bci vs Nimbus BCI
bci is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by qinnovates. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Nimbus BCI is an MCP server published by nimbusbci. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. 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 |  bci |  Nimbus BCI |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.14.17 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 355 Downloads/week (PyPI): 1 864 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.14.17 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 355 Downloads/week (PyPI): 1 864 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 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 | bci | Nimbus BCI |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 3 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-23 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 5, secrets among them: 2 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 12 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 (code), CC-BY-4.0 (data) | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/qinnovates/bci-security | github.com/nimbusbci/nimbus-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded less than an hour ago, requires a key |
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
bci
The first BCI toolkit for researchers, developers, and security engineers. Threat modeling, vulnerability scoring, pattern detection, and neuroethics compliance for brain-computer interfaces. Reports are built with privacy by design and auto-redact PII. Please see Github README before use.
Nimbus BCI
AI agents build, train, and analyze BCI/EEG pipelines: data, models, experiments, live sessions.
How to run each
bci As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install bci@claude-communityNimbus BCI As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http nimbus-mcp https://nimbus-mcp.fly.dev/mcpRequires: NIMBUS_MCP_KEY (secret), NIMBUS_TOKEN (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Nimbus BCI has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither the marketplaces of bci nor its endpoint list any tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of bci publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: bci · What it can do: Nimbus BCI · 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. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.