Obsidian vs atuin-memory
atuin-memory is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑18.
Obsidian is an MCP server published by MarkusPfundstein. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). atuin-memory is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Brian Cosgrove. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-26. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |   Obsidian | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:0eba4c05742a Forks (GitHub): 508 Pulls (Docker Hub): 146 500 Stars (Docker Hub): 31 Stars (GitHub): 4 499 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace cosgroveb/claude-atuin-memory-skill | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-18 Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Obsidian | atuin-memoryno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 4 499 | 3 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 146 500 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 508 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/obsidian) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 12 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 1 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/markuspfundstein/mcp-obsidian | github.com/cosgroveb/claude-atuin-memory-skill |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of atuin-memory
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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AI work memory for Claude Code: brief, capture, recall, handoff, and distill, backed by a local daemon and MCP so decisions, lessons, project context, and wiki pages carry across…
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A Claude Code plugin that adds structured, categorized memory to your projects.
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If you have ever had AI hallucinate and make things up (and gaslight you, even): it's because summaries do not preserve nuance. Each /compact cycle summarises and compresses…
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Personal AI memory layer. Capture decisions, lessons, and context that carry across sessions.
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Persistent local memory for coding agents: temporal knowledge graph, procedural and episodic recall
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Persistent project memory for Codex through remem MCP and explicit hook activation.
What each says it does
Obsidian
MCP server that interacts with Obsidian via the Obsidian rest API community plugin.
atuin-memory
Persist project roadmap and feature memory in atuin, with optional cross-project priming memory.
How to run each
Obsidian As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY=<YOUR_OBSIDIAN_API_KEY>" --transport stdio obsidian -- docker run -i --rm -e OBSIDIAN_API_KEY mcp/obsidianRequires: OBSIDIAN_API_KEY (secret)
atuin-memory
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of atuin-memory publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of atuin-memory publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Obsidian · What it can do: atuin-memory · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.