avicenna vs Sunstone Weave: Local Semantic Code Search
avicenna is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by smrf1093. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Sunstone Weave: Local Semantic Code Search is an MCP server published by space-bacon. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-27. 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 |  avicenna |   Sunstone Weave: Local Semantic Code Search |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.2 Downloads/month (npm): 718 Downloads/week (npm): 35 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | avicenna | Sunstone Weave: Local Semantic Code Search |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 1 | 1 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (blackwindow-weave-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/smrf1093/avicenna | github.com/space-bacon/blackwindow-weave-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| 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
avicenna
Code knowledge graph MCP extension — semantic code search, symbol lookup, and dependency analysis powered by tree-sitter and vector embeddings
Sunstone Weave: Local Semantic Code Search
Semantic search over local folders of code and docs, with a code-search encoder running on your CPU.
How to run each
avicenna As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install avicenna@claude-communitySunstone Weave: Local Semantic Code Search As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio blackwindow-weave-mcp -- npx -y blackwindow-weave-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
Only avicenna asks for
HUGGINGFACE_TOKENIZER (secret)
Only Sunstone Weave: Local Semantic Code Search asks for
BLACKWINDOW_WEAVE_CACHE
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: avicenna · What it can do: Sunstone Weave: Local Semantic Code Search · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-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.