Agent Router vs Agent Swarm
Agent Router is an MCP server published by Tim-Projekt. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). Agent Swarm is an MCP server published by desplega-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). 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 |  Agent Router |  Agent Swarm |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.0.0 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 2.8.2 Downloads/month (npm): 17 736 Downloads/week (npm): 2 955 Forks (GitHub): 159 Stars (GitHub): 1 029 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 | Agent Router | Agent Swarm |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 1 029 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 159 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-08 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (agent-router.org/mcp-http/mcp) | On your machine (@desplega.ai/agent-swarm) |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/tim-projekt/agent-router.org | github.com/desplega-ai/agent-swarm |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 12 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Answered with HTTP 308 (1 h ago) | no remote endpoint we check |
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
Agent Router
Discover and call AI agents via MCP. Supports A2A agents and platform agents with async tasks.
Agent Swarm
Full Agent Swarm API and MCP server with local SQLite storage for multi-agent orchestration.
How to run each
Agent Router As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http agent-router https://agent-router.org/mcp-http/mcp --header "X-Agent-Router-Token: <YOUR_X_AGENT_ROUTER_TOKEN>"Requires: X-Agent-Router-Token header
Agent Swarm As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add desplega-ai/agent-swarm
/plugin install agent-swarm@agent-swarmRequires: AGENT_SWARM_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Agent Router 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
The marketplaces of Agent Router publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Agent Router · What it can do: Agent Swarm · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. 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.