Comparison

LoreConvo vs Inkwell

LoreConvo is an MCP server published by labyrinth-analytics. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Inkwell is an MCP server published by veronchenko. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. 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	LoreConvo	Inkwell
Official MCP Registry	Listed Version: 0.10.12 Downloads/month (PyPI): 902 Downloads/week (PyPI): 177 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Listed Version: 0.14.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Claude Code: claude-plugins-community	Listed Version: 0.9.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed

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

LoreConvo vs Inkwell
Fact	LoreConvo	Inkwell
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	2 (better)	1 (worse)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	11 (better)	2 (worse)
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	1 (better)	0 (worse)
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (loreconvo)	On your machine (docker.io/foreigndmitryi/inkwell-memory:0.14.0)
Transport	stdio	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	1, secrets among them: 1	2, secrets among them: 0
Hooks it runs (differs)	4	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	7	Not a bundle
Licence (differs)	BSL-1.1	Not stated
Repository (differs)	github.com/labyrinth-analytics/loreconvo	github.com/veronchenko/inkwell-memory
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

LoreConvo

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Local-first persistent session memory for Claude Code and other agents. SQLite + FTS5, no cloud.

Inkwell

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Persistent memory for AI agents: Markdown entries, hybrid search, typed graph links

How to run each

LoreConvo As a local MCP server: PyPI package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "LORECONVO_PRO=<YOUR_LORECONVO_PRO>" --transport stdio loreconvo -- uvx loreconvo

Requires: LORECONVO_PRO (secret)

Inkwell As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio inkwell-memory -- docker run -i --rm -v "<YOUR_KNOWLEDGE_PATH>:/knowledge" docker.io/foreigndmitryi/inkwell-memory:0.14.0

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 LoreConvo asks for

LORECONVO_PRO (secret)

Only Inkwell asks for

INKWELL_DATA_PATH
INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD

Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.

What it can do: LoreConvo · What it can do: Inkwell · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-17. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.