radius vs Norma by Quality Clouds
radius is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by radius-project. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). Norma by Quality Clouds is an MCP server published by qualityclouds.ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-15. 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 |  radius |  Norma by Quality Clouds |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Listed Version: 0.2.2 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 5 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 5 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 | radius | Norma by Quality Clouds |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 5 | 5 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 3 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-14 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (api.qualityclouds.ai/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/radius-project/ai-extensions | github.com/qualityclouds/norma-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | not checked yet |
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
radius
Model, visualize, and deploy applications with Radius from the GitHub Copilot app and CLI.
Norma by Quality Clouds
Checks AI-written code against your rules as it is written, and keeps a record of what it found.
How to run each
radius
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Norma by Quality Clouds As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http norma https://api.qualityclouds.ai/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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: radius · What it can do: Norma by Quality Clouds · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/HEAD/.github/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.