temporal vs Forge Orchestrator
temporal is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by temporalio. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Forge Orchestrator is an MCP server published by nxtg-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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 |  temporal |  Forge Orchestrator |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 27 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.7.1 Forks (GitHub): 20 Stars (GitHub): 162 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 | temporal | Forge Orchestrator |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 27 (worse) | 162 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (worse) | 20 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-15 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (https://github.com/nxtg-ai/forge-orchestrator/releases/download/v1.7.1/forge-mcp-server-linux-x86_64.tar.gz) |
| 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 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/temporalio/claude-temporal-plugin | github.com/nxtg-ai/forge-orchestrator |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 10 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-12 | 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
temporal
Develop reliable Temporal applications with expert guidance across Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, and more. Covers the full development lifecycle, including designing durable workflows, defining activities and workers, handling retries and timeouts, debugging workflow execution issues, implementing signals and queries, managing versioning safely, writing tests, and operating applications with Temporal CLI and Temporal Cloud.
Forge Orchestrator
Forge orchestrator MCP server for Claude Code (alpha). Codex/Gemini runners are not in the alpha.
How to run each
temporal As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install temporal@claude-communityForge Orchestrator
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
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
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: temporal · What it can do: Forge Orchestrator · 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.