Artel vs HiveForge
Artel is an MCP server published by NicolasPrimeau. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). HiveForge is an MCP server published by srotzin. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22. 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 |  Artel |  HiveForge |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.17.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.43.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
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 | Artel | HiveForge |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (hiveforge-lhu4.onrender.com/mcp) |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 7 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 10 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/nicolasprimeau/artel | github.com/srotzin/hiveforge |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Answered with HTTP 404 (2 h ago) |
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
Artel
Self-hosted shared-memory & coordination mesh for AI agent fleets. You host it; agents connect.
HiveForge
Agent spawning, lifecycle management, and population control for AI economies
How to run each
Artel As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install artel@claude-communityHiveForge As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http hiveforge https://hiveforge-lhu4.onrender.com/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only HiveForge has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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: Artel · What it can do: HiveForge · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.