chatmux vs Bale Bot
chatmux is an MCP server published by echoedinvoker. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). Bale Bot is an MCP server published by sepehr071. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-30. 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 |  chatmux |  Bale Bot |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.2.2 Downloads/month (PyPI): 154 Downloads/week (PyPI): 301 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.2 Downloads/month (PyPI): 154 Downloads/week (PyPI): 301 Forks (GitHub): 1 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 | chatmux | Bale Bot |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) | 1 | 1 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-23 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Not stated | On your machine (bale-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 5, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/echoedinvoker/chatmux | github.com/sepehr071/bale-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| 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
chatmux
Local-first MCP server for your own LINE and Telegram chats. Data stays on your machine.
Bale Bot
Private, local Bale bot for agents: read, search and answer messages, ask and wait, files.
How to run each
chatmux
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Bale Bot As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "BALE_BOT_TOKEN=<YOUR_BALE_BOT_TOKEN>" --transport stdio bale-mcp -- uvx bale-mcpRequires: BALE_BOT_TOKEN (secret)
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
The marketplaces of chatmux publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: chatmux · What it can do: Bale Bot · Compare two other plugins
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.