Claude Code plugin marketplace: what a listed plugin actually reaches
The community marketplace catalog (anthropics/claude-plugins-community) read directly, plus a seeded random sample of 114 of its GitHub repositories with stars, creation and last-push dates from the public GitHub API.
Star distribution, random sample
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 114 |
| Median stars | 1 |
| 75th percentile | 12 |
| 90th percentile | 70 |
| Maximum in sample | 753 |
| Share with 5 stars or fewer | 65.8% |
| Individual-owned repos in sample | 69 (median 1 stars, p90 24) |
Read this before building a plugin as a product: the typical listed plugin has one star. Listing is not distribution.
Catalog shape
| Category field | Plugins |
|---|---|
| uncategorized | 2,125 |
| development | 104 |
| productivity | 18 |
| database | 11 |
| monitoring | 6 |
| security | 5 |
| deployment | 4 |
| testing | 2 |
| learning | 2 |
| location | 1 |
| finance | 1 |
| design | 1 |
| Developer Tools | 1 |
| automation | 1 |
157 of 2,282 entries carry a category. 14 owners list five or more plugins; the busiest: adelaidasofia (19), agent-sh (17), gemini-cli-extensions (13), NathanMaine (12), wrsmith108 (10).
Top of the sample by stars
| Repository | Stars | Created | Last push | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inference-sh/skills | 753 | 2026-01-31 | 2026-09-20 | org |
| gitroomhq/postiz-agent | 493 | 2026-02-14 | 2026-09-22 | org |
| growthxai/output | 439 | 2026-03-13 | 2026-09-23 | org |
| opensesh/KARIMO | 288 | 2026-02-15 | 2026-05-11 | person |
| Astro-Han/claude-lens | 233 | 2026-03-18 | 2026-07-28 | person |
| Digital-Process-Tools/claude-remember | 177 | 2026-03-15 | 2026-09-19 | org |
| DefangLabs/defang | 166 | 2023-06-18 | 2026-09-19 | org |
| probabl-ai/skills | 125 | 2026-05-05 | 2026-09-15 | org |
| ilang-ai/autocode | 103 | 2026-03-16 | 2026-09-22 | org |
| avelikiy/great_cto | 95 | 2026-04-05 | 2026-09-23 | person |
| cybrixcc/cybrix-skills | 80 | 2026-05-03 | 2026-05-06 | org |
| akii-technologies-ltd/akii-seo-ai-search-optimizer | 76 | 2026-05-20 | 2026-06-11 | org |
| OptimNow/cloud-finops-skills | 55 | 2026-02-25 | 2026-09-20 | person |
| workos/skills | 46 | 2026-02-06 | 2026-09-18 | org |
| atlanhq/agent-toolkit | 40 | 2025-04-03 | 2026-09-08 | org |
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Pulled 2026-09-23 ยท uniform random sample of unique GitHub repos in the catalog, seeded; stars/created/pushed from the public GitHub REST API; solo = owner type User