Obsidian vs pmm
Obsidian is an MCP server published by MarkusPfundstein. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). pmm is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by NominexHQ. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |   Obsidian |  pmm |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:0eba4c05742a Forks (GitHub): 505 Pulls (Docker Hub): 141 997 Stars (Docker Hub): 31 Stars (GitHub): 4 473 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.7.0 Forks (GitHub): 8 Stars (GitHub): 15 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 | pmm |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 4 473 (better) | 15 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 141 997 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 505 (better) | 8 (worse) |
| 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 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 14 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/markuspfundstein/mcp-obsidian | github.com/nominexhq/pmm-plugin |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Obsidian
MCP server that interacts with Obsidian via the Obsidian rest API community plugin.
pmm
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. Decisions lose their rationale. Lessons lose their context. By Monday, you're re-explaining choices you made on Thursday. That's context rot. PMM fixes that. Every session, Claude loads what it already knows, then adds to it. Markdown files, git-backed. No database, no setup. Decisions tracked with rationale: not just what but. git log as your memory audit trail. Memory that compounds, not rots.
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)
pmm As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install pmm@claude-communityCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of pmm publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of pmm publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Obsidian · What it can do: pmm · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.