mobile-canvas vs Fonino
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). Fonino is an MCP server published by Fonino. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-15. 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 |  mobile-canvas |  Fonino |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Listed Version: 0.1.8 Forks (GitHub): 17 Stars (GitHub): 186 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 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 | Fonino |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 186 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 17 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-11-13 (better) | 2026-11-08 (worse) |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (fonino) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| 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/fonino/fonino |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 1 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-11-07 |
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.
Fonino
Let your AI agent use your real iPhone or Android phone, with your OK before anything is sent.
How to run each
mobile-canvas
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Fonino As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio fonino -- npx -y fonino 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: mobile-canvas · What it can do: Fonino · 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.