obsidian-mcp
obsidian-mcp is an MCP server, listed under project & docs. Its repository has 18 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-22.
This repository provides a self-hosted MCP server for Obsidian, offering semantic and full-text search, wikilink graph management, note creation, read, update, delete (CRUD) operations, OAuth authentication, and a self-describing vault guide.
Install
Read from obsidian-mcp’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.
pip install obsidian-mcp
What it reaches, and what it needs
Reaches
○ not recognised
Credential
○ none found
Maintenance
Stars
18
State
listed
Licence
MIT
From the repository
Self-hosted MCP server for Obsidian: semantic + full-text search, wikilink graph, note CRUD, OAuth, and a self-describing vault guide.
obsidian-mcp compared with similar servers
| Server | Reaches | Needs | Stars | Last update | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| obsidian-mcp (this page) | — | None listed | 18 | 2026-10-20 | MIT |
| mcp-obsidian | obsidian | OBSIDIAN_API_KEY | 4,486 | 2026-08-31 | MIT |
| mcp-notion-server | notion | NOTION_API_TOKEN | 924 | 2026-07-31 | MIT |
| obsidian-mcp-server | obsidian | OBSIDIAN_API_KEY | 699 | 2026-10-06 | Apache-2.0 |
| todoist-mcp | todoist | TODOIST_API_KEY | 562 | 2026-10-20 | MIT |
| linear-mcp-server | linear | LINEAR_API_KEY | 347 | 2025-05-01 | MIT |
Ranked by services in common with obsidian-mcp, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about obsidian-mcp
- What does obsidian-mcp do?
- This repository provides a self-hosted MCP server for Obsidian, offering semantic and full-text search, wikilink graph management, note creation, read, update, delete (CRUD) operations, OAuth authentication, and a self-describing vault guide.
- How do I install obsidian-mcp?
- Its own README gives this command: pip install obsidian-mcp. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.
- Is obsidian-mcp official and is it maintained?
- We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 18 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-20.
- What licence does obsidian-mcp use?
- The repository declares the MIT licence.
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