Skill comparison
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Comparing 4 skills
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Decision summary
Thingsboard Gateway is the strongest overall pick here because it has a 100/100 readiness score and fits Coding agents.
Strongest overall
Thingsboard Gateway
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Fastest prototype
Thingsboard Gateway
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
Thingsboard Gateway
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Thingsboard Gateway Open-source IoT Gateway - integrates devices connected to legacy and third-party systems with ThingsBoard IoT Platform using Modbus, CAN bus, BACnet, BLE, OPC-UA, MQTT, ODBC and REST protocols. | Plc4x PLC4X The Industrial IoT adapter | Cloudiscovery The tool to help you discover resources in the cloud environment | IoTClient This is an IoT device communication protocol implementation client, which will include common industrial communication protocols such as mainstream PLC communication reading, ModBus protocol, and Bacnet protocol. This component is open source and free for life, using the most relaxed MIT open source agreement, you can modify and commercial use at will (commercial use please evaluate and test). 这是一个物联网设备通讯协议实现客户端，将会包括主流PLC通信读取、ModBus协议、Bacnet协议等常用工业通讯协议。本组件终身开源免费，采用最宽松的MIT开源协议，您可以随意修改和商业使用（商业使用请做好评估和测试）。 |
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| Quality | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 55/100 Promising | 98/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 57/100 Needs manual review Do a manual repository review before adding this to an agent workflow. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. |
| Adoption | 2.1K stars 0 installs | 1.6K stars 0 installs | 826 stars 0 installs | 1.6K stars 0 installs |
| Freshness | Jun 16, 2026 | Jun 16, 2026 | Jun 18, 2024 | May 12, 2026 |
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| Platform hints | Python, IoT, Claude Code | Java, IoT, Claude Code | Python, IoT, Claude Code | C#, IoT, Claude Code |
| Warnings | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No major risk signals from current metadata | Repository looks stale · No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | Coding agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Coding agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Coding agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | GitHub automation workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals |
| Not ideal for | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that require actively maintained dependencies · production agents without a repository review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review |
| OpenAgentSkill engagement | 0 views 0 install copies | 1 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add thingsboard/thingsboard-gateway | $ npx skills add apache/plc4x | $ npx skills add Cloud-Architects/cloudiscovery | $ npx skills add zhaopeiym/IoTClient |