Obsidian vs Sesame
Obsidian is an MCP server published by MarkusPfundstein. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Sesame is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by qiwei66. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:0eba4c05742a Forks (GitHub): 505 Pulls (Docker Hub): 142 284 Stars (Docker Hub): 31 Stars (GitHub): 4 473 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace qiwei66/sesame | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.3 No figure published 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 | Sesame |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 4 473 | No figure on GitHub |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 142 284 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 505 | No figure on GitHub |
| 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 | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 1 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/markuspfundstein/mcp-obsidian | github.com/qiwei66/sesame |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-14 |
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.
Sesame
Search and open past dashboards, reports, decks, sites, PRs and files that Claude Code and Codex delivered on this Mac
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)
Sesame As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add qiwei66/sesame
/plugin install sesame@sesameCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Sesame publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Obsidian asks for
OBSIDIAN_API_KEY (secret)OBSIDIAN_HOST
Only Sesame asks for
VA_INSTALLED
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Obsidian · What it can do: Sesame · 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.