railguard vs io.github.codapult/guard
railguard is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by railyard-dev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). io.github.codapult/guard is an MCP server published by codapult. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. 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 |  io.github.codapult/guard | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.5.1 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 39 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.8.1 Downloads/month (npm): 2 338 Downloads/week (npm): 311 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | railguard | io.github.codapult/guard |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 39 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 5 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-12 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@codapult/guard) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 3 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 3 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/railyard-dev/railguard | github.com/codapult/codapult-guard |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 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
railguard
Railguard is a safer, context-aware alternative to --dangerously-skip-permissions for Claude Code. Instead of choosing between approving every command manually or giving Claude unrestricted access, Railguard sits in the middle. It intercepts every tool call — Bash, Write, Edit, Read — and makes policy-based decisions: allow safe commands instantly, block dangerous ones automatically, and ask for human approval when it's not sure. Out of the box, Railguard comes with 29 default rules covering destructive operations like terraform destroy, rm -rf, DROP TABLE, and git force-push. It detects evasion attempts (base64 encoding, chr construction, variable substitution, shell wrapping), restricts file access with path fencing (blocking ~/.ssh, ~/.aws, /etc), snapshots every file write for one-click rollback, and logs every decision to a structured audit trail. Everything is customizable through a simple railguard.yaml file in your project directory.
io.github.codapult/guard
Local-first architecture guardrails and project context for JS/TS AI coding agents.
How to run each
railguard
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.github.codapult/guard As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio guard -- npx -y @codapult/guardCommands 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: railguard · What it can do: io.github.codapult/guard · Compare two other plugins
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