mobile-canvas vs smsportal.app SMS
mobile-canvas is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Redth. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). smsportal.app SMS is an MCP server published by smsportal.app. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-08. 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 |  mobile-canvas |  smsportal.app SMS |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Listed Version: 0.1.6 Forks (GitHub): 17 Stars (GitHub): 175 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 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 | mobile-canvas | smsportal.app SMS |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 175 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 17 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (smsportal.app/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/redth/mobile-canvas-ghcp | github.com/aleksanderem/smsportal-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-29 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 14 h ago |
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
mobile-canvas
View, create, boot, and interact with local iOS simulators and Android emulators from a GitHub Copilot canvas. The plugin also exposes the same device controls to agents through MCP.
smsportal.app SMS
Send and read SMS from your own Android phone and number. No per-message fees from smsportal.
How to run each
mobile-canvas
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
smsportal.app SMS As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http sms https://smsportal.app/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: Authorization header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only smsportal.app SMS has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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: mobile-canvas · What it can do: smsportal.app SMS · 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.