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Best of 2026 · updated 2026-10-18

Best Obsidian MCP servers

We track 30 Obsidian MCP servers. The most-starred is PDFMathTranslate (37,607 stars), followed by Basic Memory and Obsidian Wiki. PDFMathTranslate has the most recent commit (1d ago). Most are written in TypeScript (14) and Python (9).

30 matches · MCP servers with Obsidian in their name or GitHub topics, ranked by GitHub stars. Sponsored slots are labelled and never change the ranking.

How to add a Obsidian MCP server to Claude Code

The install command from the PDFMathTranslate README:

$pip install uv

Each tool page has its own command, plus an mcp.json snippet for Cursor, Windsurf and Claude Desktop when the server needs no extra config. See the PDFMathTranslate page for its setup.

#NameStars
1PDFMathTranslate PDFMathTranslatePython · AGPL-3.0 · 1d ago37,607
2Basic Memory basicmachines-coPython · AGPL-3.0 · 3d ago4,206
3Obsidian Wiki Ar9avPython · MIT · 5d ago3,578
4LLM Wiki Compiler atomicstrataTypeScript · MIT · 4d ago2,183
5Erd Editor dineugTypeScript · MIT · 6d ago1,724
6Solomd zhitongblogTypeScript · MIT · 3d ago1,263
7Second Brain Cloudflare rahilpTypeScript · MIT · 3d ago807
8Swarmvault swarmclawaiTypeScript · MIT · 3mo ago717
9AI Memory Vault jaredrhodCC-BY-SA-4.0 · 1mo ago700
10Obsidian MCP Server cyanheadsTypeScript · Apache-2.0 · 1w ago695
11Infio Copilot infiolabTypeScript · MIT · 1y ago660
12Pi LLM Wiki zosmaaiTypeScript · MIT · 3d ago611
13Kwipu benmaster82Python · MIT · 1mo ago610
14ctx stevesolunPython · MIT · 3d ago587
15Obsidian MCP Plugin aaronsbTypeScript · MIT · 4d ago466
  1. [EMNLP 2025 Demo] PDF scientific paper translation with preserved formats - 基于 AI 完整保留排版的 PDF 文档全文双语翻译,支持 Google/DeepL/Ollama/OpenAI 等服务,提供 CLI/GUI/MCP/Docker/Zotero

    $pip install uv
  2. ERD Editor: design database schemas visually, import SQL DDL, GraphQL, DBML and AML, export DDL and code for 22 languages. Web app, Google Drive, VS Code, IntelliJ, Obsidian, a…

    $claude mcp add --transport stdio erd-editor -- npx -y @dineug/erd-editor-mcp
  3. A markdown editor, and the bridge to your LLM. Local-first, MIT, ~15 MB. Bundled MCP server lets Claude Code / Codex / Cursor drive your vault directly. 14 AI providers BYOK.

    $brew install --cask zhitongblog/solomd/solomd
  4. The local-first LLM Wiki: open-source knowledge graph builder, RAG knowledge base, and agent memory store. Built on Andrej Karpathy's pattern. An Obsidian alternative for…

    $npm install -g @swarmvaultai/cli
  5. Give your AI a real, persistent memory. The open-source system plus templates that turn an Obsidian vault into your AI's working memory. No vector database, just markdown.

    $git clone https://github.com/jaredrhod/ai-memory-vault
  6. Self-maintaining, Obsidian-compatible knowledge base for pi, turn raw sources into an interlinked wiki that compounds. Native Open Knowledge Format (OKF) v0.2.

    $/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/zosmaai/pi-llm-wiki
  7. Ask questions across your Markdown notes using a fully local Graph RAG engine. Built for Obsidian vaults, works with any folder of Markdown files. Extracts entity-relation…

    $git clone https://github.com/benmaster82/Kwipu
  8. LLM-powered knowledge base from your Claude Code, Codex CLI, Copilot, Cursor & Gemini sessions. Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern, implemented and shipped.

    $git clone https://github.com/Pratiyush/llm-wiki
  9. Your brain, then your team's brain, then your agents' brain. Drop in documents and it compounds them into an interlinked markdown wiki you own, readable in Obsidian, synced…

    $git clone https://github.com/talirezun/the-curator
  10. Your coding agents remember what you decided, and what you changed. Plain-Markdown memory in Obsidian, shared by Claude Code, Codex and Cursor over MCP. Every answer cites its…

    $git clone https://github.com/398894496-arch/KRouter