Plandex vs Anthropic MCP

FeaturePlandexAnthropic MCP
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Development
PricingFree (open-source)Free (open standard)
GitHub Stars11,00045,000
PlatformsLinux, macOSmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Multi-file editing
  • ✓ Version control
  • ✓ Sandbox
  • ✓ Conversation branching
  • ✓ Terminal UI
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
Tags
codingterminalmulti-fileopen-source
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard