obsidian-brain

obsidian-brain is an MCP server, listed under project & docs. Its repository has 13 GitHub stars and is licensed under Apache-2.0; we last read it on 2026-10-23.

Serves a Node MCP server for semantic search, knowledge graph, and vault editing in Obsidian without requiring any plugins.

MCP servers are packaged differently from each other -- some run via npx, some as a Docker image, some as a plain script you clone and run. obsidian-brain’s own README did not state one plainly enough for this page to quote it rather than guess, so it will not guess. The repository below states it.

Ranked by services in common with obsidian-brain, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.

What does obsidian-brain do?

Serves a Node MCP server for semantic search, knowledge graph, and vault editing in Obsidian without requiring any plugins.

How do I install obsidian-brain?

Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/sweir1/obsidian-brain

Is obsidian-brain official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 13 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-08-12.

What licence does obsidian-brain use?

The repository declares the Apache-2.0 licence.

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