retrieve-the-forgotten-memory vs io.github.joesaby/doctree-mcp
retrieve-the-forgotten-memory is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by roomi-fields. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). io.github.joesaby/doctree-mcp is an MCP server published by joesaby. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-18. 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 |  retrieve-the-forgotten-memory |  io.github.joesaby/doctree-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.26.4 Forks (GitHub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 25 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Downloads/month (npm): 160 Downloads/week (npm): 35 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | retrieve-the-forgotten-memory | io.github.joesaby/doctree-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 25 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 6 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (doctree-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | 4, secrets among them: 0 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 4 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 12 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/roomi-fields/rtfm | github.com/joesaby/doctree-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
retrieve-the-forgotten-memory
Indexes your project — code, markdown, PDFs, legal text, research notes into a local SQLite file. Claude searches it before grepping. No API keys, no cloud, nothing leaves your machine.
io.github.joesaby/doctree-mcp
BM25 search + tree navigation over markdown docs for AI agents. No embeddings, no LLM calls.
How to run each
retrieve-the-forgotten-memory As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install retrieve-the-forgotten-memory@claude-communityio.github.joesaby/doctree-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "DOCS_ROOT=<YOUR_DOCS_ROOT>" --transport stdio doctree-mcp -- npx -y doctree-mcpRequires: DOCS_ROOT
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Only retrieve-the-forgotten-memory asks for
RTFM_DB
Only io.github.joesaby/doctree-mcp asks for
DOCS_GLOBDOCS_ROOTDOCS_ROOTSGLOSSARY_PATH
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: retrieve-the-forgotten-memory · What it can do: io.github.joesaby/doctree-mcp · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.