Pixelbolt pixel art vs GIMP 3 MCP
Pixelbolt pixel art is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by skulitom. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). GIMP 3 MCP is an MCP server published by tifyr. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. 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 |  Pixelbolt pixel art |  GIMP 3 MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace davepoon/buildwithclaude | Listed Version: 0.9.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 263 Downloads/week (PyPI): 155 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 263 Downloads/week (PyPI): 155 Forks (GitHub): 2 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 | Pixelbolt pixel art | GIMP 3 MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (gimp3-mcp) |
| 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) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | GPL-3.0-only |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/skulitom/pixelbolt-plugin | github.com/tifyr/gimp3-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-20 | 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
Pixelbolt pixel art
Pixel art and sprite animation from editable JSON recipes, with particle and fluid effects; exports PNG/GIF/APNG and atlases.
GIMP 3 MCP
Let AI assistants paint, edit and export images in a running GIMP 3, with 80 tools.
How to run each
Pixelbolt pixel art As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add davepoon/buildwithclaude
/plugin install pixelbolt@buildwithclaudeGIMP 3 MCP As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio gimp3-mcp -- uvx gimp3-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: Pixelbolt pixel art · What it can do: GIMP 3 MCP · 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. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.