Living Brain vs Second Brain
Living Brain is an MCP server published by livingbrain.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). Second Brain is an MCP server published by ara-5. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-07. 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 |  Second Brain | |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 1.0.0 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.7.1 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 | Living Brain | Second Brain |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 2 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-03 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (api.livingbrain.com/mcp) | On your machine (mind-mri-second-brain) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 3, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | Not stated | github.com/ara-5/mind-mri-agent-second-brain |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 5 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-11-05 | 2026-11-03 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 19 h ago | no remote endpoint we check |
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
Living Brain
Turn your notes, links and conversations into a Living Brain your AI tools share and build on.
Second Brain
Shared Graph-RAG memory for AI agents: markdown vault, wikilink recall, tasks, messaging.
How to run each
Living Brain As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http living-brain https://api.livingbrain.com/mcpSecond Brain As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "BRAIN_KEY=<YOUR_BRAIN_KEY>" --transport stdio second-brain -- npx -y mind-mri-second-brainRequires: BRAIN_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Living Brain 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
The marketplaces of Living Brain publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Living Brain · What it can do: Second Brain · Compare two other plugins
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