Omi vs cachly AI Brain
Omi is an MCP server published by BasedHardware. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). cachly AI Brain is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by cachly. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. 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 |  Omi | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:674097f43757 Forks (GitHub): 2 605 Pulls (Docker Hub): 33 759 Stars (Docker Hub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 13 719 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace cachly-dev/cachly-mcp | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.10.193 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 2 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 | Omi | cachly AI Brain |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 13 719 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 33 759 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 605 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/omi) | On your machine (@cachly-dev/mcp-server) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 6 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 3, secrets among them: 0 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 3 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 4 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/basedhardware/omi | github.com/cachly-dev/cachly-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-13 |
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
Omi
A Model Context Protocol server for Omi interaction and automation. This server provides tools to read, search, and manipulate Memories and Conversations.
cachly AI Brain
Your assistant forgets everything each morning. cachly remembers your system: the bug you fixed, why you chose Postgres, the deploy step that always breaks — and which earlier decision a new one contradicts. Every editor reads the same memory, and every lesson carries the name of whoever learned it.
How to run each
Omi As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "OMI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OMI_API_KEY>" --transport stdio omi -- docker run -i --rm -e OMI_API_KEY mcp/omiRequires: OMI_API_KEY (secret)
cachly AI Brain As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add cachly-dev/cachly-mcp
/plugin install cachly-brain@cachlyCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of cachly AI Brain publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Omi asks for
OMI_API_KEY (secret)
Only cachly AI Brain asks for
CACHLY_BRAIN_INSTANCE_IDCACHLY_JWTCACHLY_QUELLE
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Omi · What it can do: cachly AI Brain · 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.