Comparison

Docmancer vs Markdown Vault MCP

Docmancer is an MCP server published by docmancer.dev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). Markdown Vault MCP is an MCP server published by pvliesdonk. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-12. 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	Docmancer	Markdown Vault MCP
Official MCP Registry	Listed Version: 0.9.17 Downloads/month (PyPI): 605 Downloads/week (PyPI): 166 Forks (GitHub): 12 Stars (GitHub): 133 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Listed Version: 6.1.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 927 Downloads/week (PyPI): 628 Forks (GitHub): 16 Stars (GitHub): 39 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
PyPI (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 6.1.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 927 Downloads/week (PyPI): 628 Forks (GitHub): 16 Stars (GitHub): 39 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-12

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

Docmancer vs Markdown Vault MCP
Fact	Docmancer	Markdown Vault MCP
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1 (worse)	2 (better)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	133 (better)	39 (worse)
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	12 (worse)	16 (better)
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-11-08
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (docmancer)	On your machine (markdown-vault-mcp)
Transport	stdio	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	121, secrets among them: 12
Licence (differs)	Not stated	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/docmancer/docmancer	github.com/pvliesdonk/markdown-vault-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	0	2
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

Docmancer

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Local-only MCP server for source-attributed Markdown memory and documentation retrieval.

Markdown Vault MCP

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Generic markdown vault MCP with hybrid search

How to run each

Docmancer As a local MCP server: PyPI package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio docmancer -- uvx docmancer mcp serve

Markdown Vault MCP As a local MCP server: PyPI package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_CLIENT_TOKEN=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_CLIENT_TOKEN>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBEDDING_POSTGRES_DSN=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBEDDING_POSTGRES_DSN>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SECRET_TOKEN=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SECRET_TOKEN>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SIGNING_TOKEN=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SIGNING_TOKEN>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_TOKEN=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_TOKEN>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY>" --env "MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SUMMARIZE_OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SUMMARIZE_OPENAI_API_KEY>" --env "OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>" --env "VOYAGE_API_KEY=<YOUR_VOYAGE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio markdown-vault-mcp -- uvx markdown-vault-mcp

Requires: MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_CLIENT_TOKEN (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_EMBEDDING_POSTGRES_DSN (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SECRET_TOKEN (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SIGNING_TOKEN (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_GIT_TOKEN (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_OIDC_JWT_SIGNING_KEY (secret), MARKDOWN_VAULT_MCP_SUMMARIZE_OPENAI_API_KEY (secret), OPENAI_API_KEY (secret), VOYAGE_API_KEY (secret)

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

The marketplaces of Docmancer publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: Docmancer · What it can do: Markdown Vault MCP · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-11-12. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.