gbot vs Codeman
gbot is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Zack Jackson. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). Codeman is an MCP server published by Ark0N. 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 |  Codeman | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace scriptedalchemy/grok-bot-cli | Listed Version: 0.12.5 Forks (GitHub): 37 Stars (GitHub): 178 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.50.0 Downloads/month (npm): 15 286 Downloads/week (npm): 3 738 Forks (GitHub): 129 Stars (GitHub): 832 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 | gbot | Codeman |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 178 (worse) | 832 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 37 (worse) | 129 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-08 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (aicodeman) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 9 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/scriptedalchemy/grok-bot-cli | github.com/ark0n/codeman |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 3 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-11-05 | 2026-10-13 |
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
gbot
Message Grok Bot from Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor. Codex/Claude tools use local sockets on the user's registered machines only (no remote transport); from the Grok Bot box, run gbot via Grok Bot Shell with a machineId.
Codeman
Start, prompt and read AI coding agent sessions (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and more) in Codeman
How to run each
gbot As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add scriptedalchemy/grok-bot-cli
/plugin install gbot@gbot-marketplaceCodeman As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "CODEMAN_API_URL=<YOUR_CODEMAN_API_URL>" --env "CODEMAN_PASSWORD=<YOUR_CODEMAN_PASSWORD>" --transport stdio codeman -- npx -y aicodeman mcpRequires: CODEMAN_API_URL, CODEMAN_PASSWORD (secret)
Commands 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
Only gbot asks for
AGENT_BUNDLE_PLUGIN_ROOT
Only Codeman asks for
CODEMAN_API_URLCODEMAN_PASSWORD (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: gbot · What it can do: Codeman · 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.