Sesame vs Workfile
Sesame is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by qiwei66. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). Workfile is an MCP server published by illodev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). 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 |  Workfile | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace qiwei66/sesame | Listed Version: 0.2.3 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.13.2 Downloads/month (npm): 1 620 Downloads/week (npm): 266 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 | Sesame | Workfile |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 3 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@illodev/workfile) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 3 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 9 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/qiwei66/sesame | github.com/illodev/workfile |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| 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
Sesame
Search and open past dashboards, reports, decks, sites, PRs and files that Claude Code and Codex delivered on this Mac
Workfile
Repository-native protocol and local MCP server for Work, Docs, History and durable project Memory.
How to run each
Sesame As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add qiwei66/sesame
/plugin install sesame@sesameWorkfile As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio workfile -- npx -y @illodev/workfile 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
The marketplaces of Workfile publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Sesame · What it can do: Workfile · 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.