Hackle vs Cheaplane
Hackle is an MCP server published by hackle-io. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). Cheaplane is an MCP server published by millennialdreamer. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-06. 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 |  Hackle |  Cheaplane |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.2.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 83 Downloads/week (PyPI): 22 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:b45e8e1c6390 Forks (GitHub): 3 Pulls (Docker Hub): 16 581 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 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 | Hackle | Cheaplane |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 16 581 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 3 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server or your machine | On your machine (cheaplane) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP, stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 19 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 5, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/hackle-io/hackle-mcp | github.com/millennialdreamer/cheaplane |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 21 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
Hackle
Remote MCP server for the Hackle Admin API: experiments, feature flags, remote config, messaging.
Cheaplane
Offload grunt work from your premium agent to cheap models — auto-routing and billing isolation.
How to run each
Hackle As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http hackle-mcp https://mcp.hackle.io/mcpCheaplane As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "DELEGATE_API_KEY=<YOUR_DELEGATE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio cheaplane -- uvx cheaplaneRequires: DELEGATE_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Hackle has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Cheaplane publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Hackle asks for
API_KEY (secret)
Only Cheaplane asks for
DELEGATE_API_KEY (secret)DELEGATE_BASE_URLDELEGATE_MODEL_MAPDELEGATE_NO_LOGDELEGATE_TIMEOUT
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Hackle · What it can do: Cheaplane · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.