cachly AI Brain vs chat-recall
cachly AI Brain is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by cachly. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). chat-recall is an MCP server published by munhq. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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 |  chat-recall | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace cachly-dev/cachly-mcp | Not seen in the last pass Version: 0.10.201 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.7.19 Downloads/month (npm): 5 334 Downloads/week (npm): 279 Forks (GitHub): 0 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 | cachly AI Brain | chat-recall |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 2 | 2 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-15 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@cachly-dev/mcp-server) | Remote server (chatrecall.dev/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 3, secrets among them: 0 | 4, secrets among them: 0 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 3 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 4 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Elastic-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/cachly-dev/cachly-mcp | github.com/munhq/chat-recall |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 4 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Answered with HTTP 301 (3 days ago) |
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
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.
chat-recall
One searchable history across every AI coding tool, with secret scanning and a shared task board.
How to run each
cachly AI Brain As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add cachly-dev/cachly-mcp
/plugin install cachly-brain@cachlychat-recall As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http chat-recall https://chatrecall.dev/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only chat-recall has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Only cachly AI Brain asks for
CACHLY_BRAIN_INSTANCE_IDCACHLY_JWTCACHLY_QUELLE
Only chat-recall asks for
CHAT_RECALL_DAEMON_IDLE_SECSCHAT_RECALL_MCP_PROFILECHAT_RECALL_NO_DAEMONCHAT_RECALL_SERVER
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: cachly AI Brain · What it can do: chat-recall · Compare two other plugins
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