{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "mumble", "name": "Mumble", "vendor": "tiny space", "vendorUrl": "https://www.tinyspace.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "diagramming", "summary": "Mumble is a macOS app from tiny space that transcribes a conversation on the Mac and draws a diagram as people talk, linking each box to the words behind it. It is in beta behind an early-access waitlist.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mumble", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mumble.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mumble.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mumble.json", "license": "No licence, terms of use or source repository was found on tinyspace.ai or GitHub (checked 2026-10-14). The app and the `mumble-mcp` binary are not published as open source", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No credential exists for an outside agent, since neither the app nor `mumble-mcp` can be downloaded publicly. Per the docs, `mumble-mcp` is a local stdio binary that needs no API key and is bounded by the folder path passed at start. The AI functions run through the person's own signed-in Claude Code or Codex, and Mumble never asks for or stores an API key (https://www.tinyspace.ai/mumble/docs, checked 2026-10-14).", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "Free while Mumble is in beta, and local use on the Mac is stated to stay free after the beta. The live map runs on the person's own Claude Code or Codex plan, so its cost is that plan's allowance. Transcription-only mode needs neither. Two paid plans, Private (one-off price) and Team (monthly), are marked coming soon with no price published (https://www.tinyspace.ai/mumble#pricing, checked 2026-10-14).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Local app and local stdio MCP server with no payments. No x402, MPP or L402 on the Mumble pages, docs or llms.txt (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.tinyspace.ai/mumble/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://www.tinyspace.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "diagram.create", "diagram.edit", "diagram.architecture", "diagram.export", "meetings.recording", "meetings.transcript", "meetings.summary", "speech.stt" ], "tags": [ "official", "local", "desktop", "macos", "byo-plan", "beta", "waitlist", "not-for-agents", "closed-source", "llms-txt", "no-status-page" ], "graded": true, "own": true, "disclosure": "Mumble is made by tiny space, the company of Quynh Tran-Thanh, a founder of Anchor Terminal. It's graded the same way as every listing, by the same published checklist with the same readings, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed. letme never picks it.", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 7.5, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1091, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1094, "categoryRank": 17, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 0, "payments": 30, "reliability": 5, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 13 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Mumble keeps audio on the Mac and stores each conversation as plain files in ~/Mumble, with canvas JSON that diffs cleanly. There is no API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. The documented `mumble-mcp` has no public download, package or repository, and the app is reached only through an early-access waitlist.", "bestFor": "A person on a Mac with early access who wants a live, transcript-linked diagram of a call or workshop, kept as plain files in git, and who already pays for Claude Code or Codex.", "disclosure": "Mumble is made by tiny space, the company of Quynh Tran-Thanh, a founder of Anchor Terminal. It's graded the same way as every listing, by the same published checklist with the same readings, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed. letme never picks it.", "strengths": [ "Audio is transcribed on the Mac with whisper.cpp and, per tiny space, never uploaded. Transcription-only mode sends nothing to an AI provider", "Each conversation is a folder of plain files in ~/Mumble, and canvas JSON is serialised deterministically with stable node ids, so edits show as small diffs", "Every box links to the transcript passage behind it, and items the person didn't ask for are drawn as proposals to accept or reject", "AI functions run on the person's own Claude Code or Codex account, and Mumble says it never asks for or stores an API key", "Free during the beta, and local use on the Mac is stated to stay free after it" ], "weaknesses": [ "No API or MCP server an outside agent can call. The documented `mumble-mcp` binary has no public download, package or repository (checked 14 October 2026)", "Access is an early-access waitlist with email confirmation, and no download of the app was found", "No terms of use, privacy policy, legal entity, changelog or security.txt was found on tinyspace.ai", "Transcript text and map context go to the person's Claude Code or Codex provider whenever AI functions are on", "English only, with no speaker labels and no shared editing, and Mac only (macOS 13 or later)" ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Mumble from another agent. Neither the app nor `mumble-mcp` can be obtained publicly, so hand the task to a person with early access", "Don't configure `/path/to/mumble-mcp` from the docs. It is a placeholder, and no binary is published", "If the person already has Mumble, read ~/Mumble/\u003ccapture\u003e/ directly, `capture.json` for the transcript and `diagram.canvas` for the map", "Keep canvas keys in schema order and never rename a node id, or the edges that name it are orphaned and the canvas is refused. Use git as the undo", "Don't write to a capture that is being recorded. The app doesn't merge the two versions" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 7.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 0, "payments": 30, "reliability": 5, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 10 }, "provenanceScore": 16 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/diagram.create" }, "area": "design-diagrams", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Beta", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "free during the beta. AI functions use the person's own Claude Code or Codex plan" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "tinyspace.ai", "domainRegistered": "2026-07-02", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://www.tinyspace.ai/mumble/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The site names the maker only as \"tiny space, an independent product lab\". No legal entity, company number or address was found on any page in the sitemap.", "No terms of use or legal privacy policy was found. /terms, /privacy, /mumble/terms and /mumble/pricing return 404. The privacy link is a data-flow page, \"What leaves your Mac\", with no controller named.", "RDAP for tinyspace.ai gives a registration date of 2026-07-02 through Cloudflare Registrar, with the registrant country GB and other registrant data redacted.", "www.tinyspace.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "robots.txt allows all paths except /api/ and /confirmed. Neither was fetched.", "No GitHub repository for Mumble or `mumble-mcp` was found through GitHub search, and neither `@mumble/core` nor `mumble-mcp` is on npm." ], "score": 16 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mumble.json", "live": { "slug": "mumble", "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.tinyspace.ai/mumble", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:18:06.178841242Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "60045050cf24" }, { "url": "https://www.tinyspace.ai/mumble/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:18:08.205956187Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "5969b7ce2cf7" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T21:18:08.205956187Z" } }, "answer": "PlantUML scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against Mumble's 7.5 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "plantuml", "name": "PlantUML", "vendor": "PlantUML project (Arnaud Roques)", "vendorUrl": "https://plantuml.com", "kind": "sdk", "category": "diagramming", "summary": "PlantUML is open-source software that turns text descriptions into UML, architecture, Gantt, mind map and other diagrams. Agents run it as a Java command-line tool, a Java library, a local HTTP server or the `@plantuml/mcp-js` MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plantuml", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plantuml.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plantuml.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/plantuml.json", "repo": "https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml", "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "maven", "name": "net.sourceforge.plantuml:plantuml" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@plantuml/mcp-js" }, { "registry": "oci", "name": "plantuml/plantuml" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account, key or login. The jar, the Java library and the MCP server run on the owner's machine with the owner's file and network rights. The built-in `-picoweb` HTTP server has no authentication and listens on all interfaces unless a bind address is given.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under GPL-3.0-or-later, with the same source also under GPL-2.0, LGPL, Apache-2.0, BSD-3-Clause, EPL and MIT. Nothing to buy. The project takes donations through GitHub Sponsors and Patreon.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 13356, "npmWeekly": 207, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://plantuml.com/command-line", "capabilities": [ "diagram.as-code", "diagram.create", "diagram.export", "diagram.architecture" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "cli", "java", "mcp", "diagram-as-code", "uml", "no-auth", "free", "docker" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 66.9, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 288, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1094, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 60, "reliability": 83, "schema": 65, "security": 50, "transparency": 73 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "27 February 2026. Release 1.2026.2 switched off chronology diagrams, and its change log calls the removal temporary. On 8 October 2026 the factory is still commented out in `PSystemBuilder.java`, while the README lists the chronology diagram as supported and https://plantuml.com/chronology-diagram documents it. Two points, because the removal is in the change log (https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml/blob/master/CHANGES.md)." ], "verdict": "One Java command reads diagram text from stdin and writes PNG, SVG, PDF or ASCII with no account, and CI passed on the last eight pushes. The default security profile lets diagram text read any local file and fetch any URL, and the documentation still lists chronology diagrams that release 1.2026.2 switched off.", "bestFor": "Agents that write sequence, class, state, component, deployment, Gantt or C4 diagrams as text and render them locally or in CI.", "strengths": [ "`java -jar plantuml.jar -pipe` reads a diagram from stdin and writes PNG, SVG, PDF, EPS, LaTeX or ASCII to stdout, with no account or key", "`--check-syntax` and `-stdrpt` report errors as `file:line:error` lines, and exit codes 0, 50, 100 and 200 are documented", "The official `@plantuml/mcp-js` server has four tools, needs only Node.js, and returns the same SVG bytes for the same source on any machine", "Version 1.2026.8 of 5 September 2026 is on GitHub, Maven Central, Homebrew and Docker Hub, and the `ci` workflow passed on the last eight pushes", "The same source is available under GPL-3.0-or-later, GPL-2.0, LGPL, Apache-2.0, BSD-3-Clause, EPL and MIT, and generated images carry no licence obligation" ], "weaknesses": [ "The default security profile is LEGACY, which gives diagram text full access to local files and URLs through `!include`. The docs say it will be removed, with no date", "`-picoweb` listens on all network interfaces by default and has no authentication", "Chronology diagrams were switched off in 1.2026.2 on 27 February 2026 and are still listed in the README and documented on plantuml.com", "The command-line page gives the HTTP server's default port as 4242 in one help listing and 8080 in another. The source uses 8080", "No llms.txt, no security.txt and no published advisories. The security policy is one email address, and 575 issues are open" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `PLANTUML_SECURITY_PROFILE` to `SANDBOX` or `ALLOWLIST` before rendering text from an untrusted source. The default profile lets `!include` read local files and fetch URLs", "Run `java -jar plantuml.jar --check-syntax` with `-stdrpt` first and read the exit status. Without `--no-error-image` a syntax error still writes an image of the error text", "Pass `-pipe` with `--svg`, `--txt` or `--utxt` to work without files. `--txt` output suits a text-only model", "Start the local server as `-picoweb:8080:127.0.0.1`. Without the bind address it listens on every interface", "Use `npx -y @plantuml/mcp-js` when no Java runtime is present. It renders SVG only, so use the jar for PNG or PDF" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 66.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 60, "reliability": 83, "schema": 65, "security": 50, "transparency": 73 }, "provenanceScore": 73 }, "connect": { "install": "brew install plantuml # or download plantuml.jar from https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml/releases, or docker run ghcr.io/plantuml/plantuml", "config": { "mcpServers": { "plantuml-js": { "args": [ "-y", "@plantuml/mcp-js" ], "command": "npx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/diagram.as-code", "tool": "https://letme.dev/plantuml" }, "area": "design-diagrams", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "No legal entity found. Copyright Arnaud Roques", "domain": "plantuml.com", "domainRegistered": "2010-11-28", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml/blob/master/CHANGES.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "`LICENSES.md` reads Copyright (C) 2009-2026, Arnaud Roques. No company or foundation is named in the repository or on the pages read", "No terms or privacy document governs the software. The GPL-3.0-or-later licence, or one of the six alternatives, stands in", "https://plantuml.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on 8 October 2026. `docs/SECURITY.md` asks for reports by email to a Gmail address", "The lead named PlantUML as vendor. It is a community project led by one author, with no company behind it that we found" ], "score": 73 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plantuml.json", "live": { "slug": "plantuml", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "plantuml/plantuml", "version": "v1.2026.8", "released": "2026-09-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-15T00:14:26.312689769Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@plantuml/mcp-js", "version": "0.2.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-15T00:14:25.456766194Z" } ], "githubStars": 13364, "npmWeekly": 241, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://plantuml.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T15:47:10.968653328Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "plantuml.com", "registered": "2010-11-28", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/plantuml.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:25:12.702239242Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plantuml/plantuml/master/CHANGES.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:07:45.647029192Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b79647d80ba7" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-15T00:14:26.312689769Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "SDK + MCP", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "tiny space", "b": "PlantUML project (Arnaud Roques)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Your plan", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "No licence, terms of use or source repository was found on tinyspace.ai or GitHub (checked 2026-10-14). The app and the `mumble-mcp` binary are not published as open source", "b": "GPL-3.0-or-later", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-09-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "13k stars, 207 npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "PlantUML scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against Mumble's 7.5 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Mumble or PlantUML?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Mumble. PlantUML is open source (GPL-3.0-or-later).", "question": "Are Mumble and PlantUML open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "A person on a Mac with early access who wants a live, transcript-linked diagram of a call or workshop, kept as plain files in git, and who already pays for Claude Code or Codex.", "slug": "mumble", "watchFor": "No API or MCP server an outside agent can call. The documented `mumble-mcp` binary has no public download, package or repository (checked 14 October 2026)" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 5", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 65 against 10", "Agent ergonomics, 78 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 50 against 0", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 0", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 13" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Agents that write sequence, class, state, component, deployment, Gantt or C4 diagrams as text and render them locally or in CI.", "slug": "plantuml", "watchFor": "The default security profile is LEGACY, which gives diagram text full access to local files and URLs through `!include`. The docs say it will be removed, with no date" } ], "job": { "capability": "diagram.create", "name": "Diagram creation" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudviz-vs-mumble.json", "title": "Cloudviz API vs Mumble", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudviz-vs-mumble" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudviz-vs-plantuml.json", "title": "Cloudviz API vs PlantUML", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudviz-vs-plantuml" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/d2-vs-mumble.json", "title": "D2 vs Mumble", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/d2-vs-mumble" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagrams-so-vs-mumble.json", "title": "Diagrams.so API + MCP vs Mumble", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagrams-so-vs-mumble" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagrams-so-vs-plantuml.json", "title": "Diagrams.so API + MCP vs PlantUML", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagrams-so-vs-plantuml" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/drawio-vs-mumble.json", "title": "draw.io + MCP vs Mumble", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/drawio-vs-mumble" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/drawio-vs-plantuml.json", "title": "draw.io + MCP vs PlantUML", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/drawio-vs-plantuml" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/eraser-vs-mumble.json", "title": "Eraser API + MCP vs Mumble", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/eraser-vs-mumble" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/eraser-vs-plantuml.json", "title": "Eraser API + MCP vs PlantUML", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/eraser-vs-plantuml" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-mumble.json", "title": "ExcaliClaw vs Mumble", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-mumble" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-plantuml.json", "title": "ExcaliClaw vs PlantUML", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-plantuml" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excalidraw-vs-mumble.json", "title": "Excalidraw vs Mumble", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excalidraw-vs-mumble" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excalidraw-vs-plantuml.json", "title": "Excalidraw vs PlantUML", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excalidraw-vs-plantuml" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kroki-vs-mumble.json", "title": "Kroki vs Mumble", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kroki-vs-mumble" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lucid-vs-mumble.json", "title": "Lucid API + MCP vs Mumble", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lucid-vs-mumble" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lucid-vs-plantuml.json", "title": "Lucid API + MCP vs PlantUML", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lucid-vs-plantuml" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mermaid-chart-vs-mumble.json", "title": "Mermaid Chart MCP vs Mumble", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mermaid-chart-vs-mumble" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mermaid-chart-vs-plantuml.json", "title": "Mermaid Chart MCP vs PlantUML", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mermaid-chart-vs-plantuml" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-mural-mcp.json", "title": "Mumble vs Mural MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-mural-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-structurizr.json", "title": "Mumble vs Structurizr + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-structurizr" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-tldraw.json", "title": "Mumble vs tldraw SDK + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-tldraw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-whimsical.json", "title": "Mumble vs Whimsical MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-whimsical" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mural-mcp-vs-plantuml.json", "title": "Mural MCP vs PlantUML", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mural-mcp-vs-plantuml" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plantuml-vs-whimsical.json", "title": "PlantUML vs Whimsical MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plantuml-vs-whimsical" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/d2-vs-plantuml.json", "title": "D2 vs PlantUML", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/d2-vs-plantuml" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kroki-vs-plantuml.json", "title": "Kroki vs PlantUML", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kroki-vs-plantuml" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plantuml-vs-structurizr.json", "title": "PlantUML vs Structurizr + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plantuml-vs-structurizr" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plantuml-vs-tldraw.json", "title": "PlantUML vs tldraw SDK + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plantuml-vs-tldraw" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 78, "edge": "plantuml", "key": "reliability", "mumble": 5, "name": "Reliability", "plantuml": 83, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 55, "edge": "plantuml", "key": "schema", "mumble": 10, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "plantuml": 65, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 78, "edge": "plantuml", "key": "ergonomics", "mumble": 0, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "plantuml": 78, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 50, "edge": "plantuml", "key": "security", "mumble": 0, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "plantuml": 50, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "plantuml", "key": "payments", "mumble": 30, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "plantuml": 60, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 73, "edge": "plantuml", "key": "maintenance", "mumble": 0, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "plantuml": 73, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 60, "edge": "plantuml", "key": "transparency", "mumble": 13, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "plantuml": 73, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "PlantUML scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against Mumble's 7.5 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do diagram creation.", "verdicts": { "mumble": "Mumble keeps audio on the Mac and stores each conversation as plain files in ~/Mumble, with canvas JSON that diffs cleanly. There is no API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. The documented `mumble-mcp` has no public download, package or repository, and the app is reached only through an early-access waitlist.", "plantuml": "One Java command reads diagram text from stdin and writes PNG, SVG, PDF or ASCII with no account, and CI passed on the last eight pushes. The default security profile lets diagram text read any local file and fetch any URL, and the documentation still lists chronology diagrams that release 1.2026.2 switched off." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-plantuml", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-plantuml.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-plantuml.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-plantuml.min.md" }, "markdown": "PlantUML scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against Mumble's 7.5 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do diagram creation.\n\n- Mumble: grade F, 7.5/100, rank #1091 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mumble.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mumble.json\n- PlantUML: grade B, 66.9/100, rank #288 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plantuml.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/plantuml.json\n- Best diagramming APIs and diagram-as-code for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/diagramming/index.md\n- All 128 diagrams comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagramming/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Mumble (F)\n\nGood for: A person on a Mac with early access who wants a live, transcript-linked diagram of a call or workshop, kept as plain files in git, and who already pays for Claude Code or Codex.\n\nWatch for: No API or MCP server an outside agent can call. The documented `mumble-mcp` binary has no public download, package or repository (checked 14 October 2026)\n\n### PlantUML (B)\n\nGood for: Agents that write sequence, class, state, component, deployment, Gantt or C4 diagrams as text and render them locally or in CI.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 83 against 5\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 65 against 10\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 50 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 0\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 13\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The default security profile is LEGACY, which gives diagram text full access to local files and URLs through `!include`. The docs say it will be removed, with no date\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Mumble | PlantUML | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 5 | 83 | PlantUML +78 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 65 | PlantUML +55 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 78 | PlantUML +78 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 50 | PlantUML +50 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 60 | PlantUML +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 0 | 73 | PlantUML +73 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 13 | 73 | PlantUML +60 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **7.5 · F** | **66.9 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Mumble | PlantUML |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | SDK + MCP |\n| Vendor | tiny space | PlantUML project (Arnaud Roques) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | None | None |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | No licence, terms of use or source repository was found on tinyspace.ai or GitHub (checked 2026-10-14). The app and the `mumble-mcp` binary are not published as open source | GPL-3.0-or-later |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | none | 2026-09-05 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | none | 13k stars, 207 npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Mumble.** Mumble keeps audio on the Mac and stores each conversation as plain files in ~/Mumble, with canvas JSON that diffs cleanly. There is no API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. The documented `mumble-mcp` has no public download, package or repository, and the app is reached only through an early-access waitlist.\n\n**PlantUML.** One Java command reads diagram text from stdin and writes PNG, SVG, PDF or ASCII with no account, and CI passed on the last eight pushes. The default security profile lets diagram text read any local file and fetch any URL, and the documentation still lists chronology diagrams that release 1.2026.2 switched off.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Mumble\n\n1. Don't plan to call Mumble from another agent. Neither the app nor `mumble-mcp` can be obtained publicly, so hand the task to a person with early access\n2. Don't configure `/path/to/mumble-mcp` from the docs. It is a placeholder, and no binary is published\n3. If the person already has Mumble, read ~/Mumble/\u003ccapture\u003e/ directly, `capture.json` for the transcript and `diagram.canvas` for the map\n4. Keep canvas keys in schema order and never rename a node id, or the edges that name it are orphaned and the canvas is refused. Use git as the undo\n5. Don't write to a capture that is being recorded. The app doesn't merge the two versions\n\n### PlantUML\n\n1. Set `PLANTUML_SECURITY_PROFILE` to `SANDBOX` or `ALLOWLIST` before rendering text from an untrusted source. The default profile lets `!include` read local files and fetch URLs\n2. Run `java -jar plantuml.jar --check-syntax` with `-stdrpt` first and read the exit status. Without `--no-error-image` a syntax error still writes an image of the error text\n3. Pass `-pipe` with `--svg`, `--txt` or `--utxt` to work without files. `--txt` output suits a text-only model\n4. Start the local server as `-picoweb:8080:127.0.0.1`. Without the bind address it listens on every interface\n5. Use `npx -y @plantuml/mcp-js` when no Java runtime is present. It renders SVG only, so use the jar for PNG or PDF\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Mumble or PlantUML?\n\nPlantUML scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against Mumble's 7.5 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are Mumble and PlantUML open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Mumble. PlantUML is open source (GPL-3.0-or-later).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-plantuml.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-plantuml.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"mumble\", \"b\": \"plantuml\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare mumble plantuml`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mumble.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/plantuml.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Mumble or PlantUML\n\n- [Cloudviz API vs Mumble](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudviz-vs-mumble.md)\n- [Cloudviz API vs PlantUML](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudviz-vs-plantuml.md)\n- [D2 vs Mumble](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/d2-vs-mumble.md)\n- [Diagrams.so API + MCP vs Mumble](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagrams-so-vs-mumble.md)\n- [Diagrams.so API + MCP vs PlantUML](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagrams-so-vs-plantuml.md)\n- [draw.io + MCP vs Mumble](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/drawio-vs-mumble.md)\n- [draw.io + MCP vs PlantUML](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/drawio-vs-plantuml.md)\n- [Eraser API + MCP vs Mumble](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/eraser-vs-mumble.md)\n- [Eraser API + MCP vs PlantUML](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/eraser-vs-plantuml.md)\n- [ExcaliClaw vs Mumble](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-mumble.md)\n- [ExcaliClaw vs PlantUML](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-plantuml.md)\n- [Excalidraw vs Mumble](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excalidraw-vs-mumble.md)\n- [Excalidraw vs PlantUML](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excalidraw-vs-plantuml.md)\n- [Kroki vs Mumble](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kroki-vs-mumble.md)\n- [Lucid API + MCP vs Mumble](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lucid-vs-mumble.md)\n- [Lucid API + MCP vs PlantUML](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lucid-vs-plantuml.md)\n- [Mermaid Chart MCP vs Mumble](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mermaid-chart-vs-mumble.md)\n- [Mermaid Chart MCP vs PlantUML](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mermaid-chart-vs-plantuml.md)\n- [Mumble vs Mural MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-mural-mcp.md)\n- [Mumble vs Structurizr + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-structurizr.md)\n- [Mumble vs tldraw SDK + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-tldraw.md)\n- [Mumble vs Whimsical MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mumble-vs-whimsical.md)\n- [Mural MCP vs PlantUML](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mural-mcp-vs-plantuml.md)\n- [PlantUML vs Whimsical MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plantuml-vs-whimsical.md)\n- [D2 vs PlantUML](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/d2-vs-plantuml.md)\n- [Kroki vs PlantUML](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kroki-vs-plantuml.md)\n- [PlantUML vs Structurizr + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plantuml-vs-structurizr.md)\n- [PlantUML vs tldraw SDK + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plantuml-vs-tldraw.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Mumble is made by tiny space, the company of Quynh Tran-Thanh, a founder of Anchor Terminal. 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