Obsidian vs Total Agent Memory
Obsidian is an MCP server published by MarkusPfundstein. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Total Agent Memory is an MCP server published by vbcherepanov. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-27. 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 |  Total Agent Memory |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:0eba4c05742a Forks (GitHub): 508 Pulls (Docker Hub): 146 645 Stars (Docker Hub): 31 Stars (GitHub): 4 499 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 14.9.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 668 Downloads/week (PyPI): 292 Forks (GitHub): 18 Stars (GitHub): 73 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 | Total Agent Memory |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 4 499 (better) | 73 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 146 645 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 508 (better) | 18 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-15 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/obsidian) | On your machine (total-agent-memory) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 12 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | 2, secrets among them: 0 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 9 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 12 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/markuspfundstein/mcp-obsidian | github.com/vbcherepanov/total-agent-memory |
| 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.
Total Agent Memory
Persistent local memory for coding agents: temporal knowledge graph, procedural and episodic recall
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)
Total Agent Memory As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio total-agent-memory -- uvx total-agent-memoryCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Total Agent Memory 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 Total Agent Memory asks for
MEMORY_ASYNC_ENRICHMENTMEMORY_MODE
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Obsidian · What it can do: Total Agent Memory · 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. 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.