Obsidian vs Nouz
Obsidian is an MCP server published by MarkusPfundstein. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Nouz is an MCP server published by KVANTRA-dev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-15. 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 |  Nouz |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:0eba4c05742a Forks (GitHub): 506 Pulls (Docker Hub): 142 602 Stars (Docker Hub): 31 Stars (GitHub): 4 477 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed, marked deprecated Version: 2.3.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 460 Downloads/week (PyPI): 194 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 24 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 | Nouz |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 4 477 (better) | 24 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 142 602 | 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) | On your machine (nouz-mcp) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 12 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | 8, secrets among them: 0 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/markuspfundstein/mcp-obsidian | github.com/kvantra-dev/nouz-mcp |
| 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.
Nouz
Semantic knowledge engine for Obsidian with auto-classification and DAG hierarchy
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)
Nouz As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio nouz-mcp -- uvx nouz-mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Nouz 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 Nouz asks for
EMBED_API_URLEMBED_ENABLEDEMBED_MODELEMBED_PROVIDERMODENOUZ_CONFIGNOUZ_DATABASE_NAMENOUZ_DATABASE_PATHOBSIDIAN_ROOT
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Obsidian · What it can do: Nouz · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.