Compartment vs Memory Vault
Compartment is an MCP server published by MaxFreedomPollard. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). Memory Vault is an MCP server published by apurv101. 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 |  Compartment |  Memory Vault |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 4.11.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 599 Downloads/week (PyPI): 198 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 580 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.5.0 Downloads/month (npm): 266 Downloads/week (npm): 59 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 | Compartment | Memory Vault |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 580 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (compartment) | Remote server (memoryvault.click/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 0 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/maxfreedompollard/compartment | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 33 h 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
Compartment
Durable agentic memory, encrypted at rest. Fully offline: no network, no API key, no cloud.
Memory Vault
Portable AI memory shared across models and harnesses - plain markdown you own.
How to run each
Compartment As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio compartment -- uvx compartment serveMemory Vault As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http memory-vault https://memoryvault.click/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Memory Vault 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 Compartment publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Compartment · What it can do: Memory Vault · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. 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.