Automated collection of Claude Code plugin adoption metrics across GitHub repositories using n8n workflows
Claude Code
1.1k GitHub stars No license Updated Jul 30, 2026 Free
Claude Plugins alternatives
6 skills from other authors that do a similar job to Claude Plugins by 2389-research. The most recently updated is Claude Code Plugins Plus Skills (Jul 30, 2026).
Side-by-side comparison
| Skill | Stars | License | Agents | Last update | Category | Install |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Plugins by 2389-research · this skill | 86 | MIT | Claude Code | Jul 29, 2026 | Integrations | Plugin marketplace |
| Awesome Claude Plugins by quemsah | 1,093 | No license | Claude Code | Jul 30, 2026 | Integrations | Plugin marketplace |
| Wigtn Plugins by wigtn | 45 | Apache-2.0 | Claude Code | Jul 15, 2026 | Integrations | Plugin marketplace |
| Claude Code Plugins Plus Skills by jeremylongshore | 2,575 | MIT | Claude Code | Jul 30, 2026 | Integrations | Plugin marketplace |
| Agentic Awesome Skills by sickn33 | 44,165 | MIT | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Antigravity | Jul 29, 2026 | Integrations | git clone |
| Unraid by dinglebear-ai | 102 | MIT | Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI | Jul 30, 2026 | Backend | Plugin marketplace |
| Claude Homelab by jmagar | 67 | MIT | Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI | May 2, 2026 | Integrations | Plugin marketplace |
Alternatives are matched on overlapping names, descriptions, tags and SKILL.md sections, weighted by how rare each term is across the catalog. Data refreshed weekly from GitHub.
The alternatives
Claude Code Plugins for AI Native-based Engineer
Claude Code
45 GitHub stars Apache-2.0 Updated Jul 15, 2026 Free
471 plugins, 3,069 skills, 347 agents for Claude Code. Open-source marketplace at tonsofskills.com with the ccpi CLI package manager.
Claude Code
2.6k GitHub stars MIT Updated Jul 30, 2026 Free
AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 1,987+ agentic skills. Includes CLI, local MCP, catalog, plugins, and Workbench.
Claude CodeCodexCursor+2
44k GitHub stars MIT Updated Jul 29, 2026 Free
Query, monitor, and manage Unraid servers via GraphQL API through MCP tools. Supports system info, Docker, VMs, array/parity, notifications, plugins, rclone, and live telemetry.
Claude CodeCodexGemini CLI
102 GitHub stars MIT Updated Jul 30, 2026 Free
Comprehensive Agents, Commands, Hooks, and Skills for homelab service management - media automation, infrastructure monitoring, document management, and more
Claude CodeCodexGemini CLI
67 GitHub stars MIT Updated May 2, 2026 Free
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Frequently asked questions
- What are the best alternatives to Claude Plugins?
- The closest matches in the catalog are Awesome Claude Plugins by quemsah, Wigtn Plugins by wigtn, Claude Code Plugins Plus Skills by jeremylongshore. They were picked because their names, descriptions, tags and SKILL.md sections overlap most with Claude Plugins’s, and they come from other repositories.
- Which Claude Plugins alternative is most popular?
- Agentic Awesome Skills by sickn33 has the most GitHub stars of the alternatives listed here (44,165). Stars belong to the whole repository, so compare how many skills each repository contains too.
- Are these alternatives free?
- Yes. All of them are free to install from GitHub, and 5 of the 6 alternatives declare a recognized open-source license.