Obsidian vs claude-chronicle
Obsidian is an MCP server published by MarkusPfundstein. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). claude-chronicle is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by wojciechkapala. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. 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 |  claude-chronicle |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:0eba4c05742a Forks (GitHub): 506 Pulls (Docker Hub): 144 043 Stars (Docker Hub): 31 Stars (GitHub): 4 481 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.4.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | claude-chronicle |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 4 481 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 144 043 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 506 (better) | 0 (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 | 3 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/markuspfundstein/mcp-obsidian | github.com/wojciechkapala/claude-chronicle |
| 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.
claude-chronicle
Bridges Codex Chronicle's screen-recording memory into Claude Code. Codex Chronicle is an OpenAI Codex feature that passively records your screen, runs OCR, and writes a markdown summary every ~10 minutes describing what you have been doing across your apps. This plugin pipes those summaries into Claude Code via SessionStart and UserPromptSubmit hooks, so Claude knows what you have been working on outside the terminal — past activity, current focus, and the live screen. Ships with a /claude-chronicle:remind skill that searches the archive by time, topic, or both.
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)
claude-chronicle As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install claude-chronicle@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 claude-chronicle publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of claude-chronicle publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Obsidian · What it can do: claude-chronicle · 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.