Obsidian vs TriliumNext (trilium-mcp)
Obsidian is an MCP server published by MarkusPfundstein. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). TriliumNext (trilium-mcp) is an MCP server published by OVDEN13. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. 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 |  TriliumNext (trilium-mcp) |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:0eba4c05742a Forks (GitHub): 506 Pulls (Docker Hub): 143 283 Stars (Docker Hub): 31 Stars (GitHub): 4 479 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.5 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 5 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 | TriliumNext (trilium-mcp) |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 4 479 (better) | 5 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 143 283 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 506 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/obsidian) | On your machine (ghcr.io/ovden13/trilium-mcp:0.1.5) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 12 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | 4, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/markuspfundstein/mcp-obsidian | github.com/ovden13/trilium-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.
TriliumNext (trilium-mcp)
Read and write a self-hosted TriliumNext knowledge base over its ETAPI.
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)
TriliumNext (trilium-mcp) As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "TRILIUM_TOKEN=<YOUR_TRILIUM_TOKEN>" --env "TRILIUM_URL=<YOUR_TRILIUM_URL>" --transport stdio trilium-mcp -- docker run -i --rm -e TRILIUM_TOKEN -e TRILIUM_URL ghcr.io/ovden13/trilium-mcp:0.1.5Requires: TRILIUM_TOKEN (secret), TRILIUM_URL
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of TriliumNext (trilium-mcp) 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 TriliumNext (trilium-mcp) asks for
TRILIUM_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDSTRILIUM_MCP_LOGTRILIUM_TOKEN (secret)TRILIUM_URL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Obsidian · What it can do: TriliumNext (trilium-mcp) · 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.