A side-by-side look at the MCP Installer and Nodegrove VRAM: can I run it? MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose MCP Installer for developer tools work as a local process; choose Nodegrove VRAM: can I run it? for developer tools as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
install_repo_mcp_server, install_local_mcp_server.can_i_run, what_fits, estimate_vram.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | N Nodegrove VRAM: can I run it? | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
| Quality signal | 63/100 · Good | 53/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | No auth required |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1,532 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 2 | 4 |
| Full listing | View MCP Installer | View Nodegrove VRAM: can I run it? |
install_repo_mcp_serverInstall an MCP server via npx or uvxinstall_local_mcp_serverInstall an MCP server whose code is cloned locally on your computercan_i_runFits, tight or no; the memory split; a speed ceiling; the longest context that fits; and on a no, every change that would make it fitwhat_fitsEvery model checked on one card, with a recommended everyday pick, the largest that fits, the best at Q8 and the first out of reachestimate_vramWeights, KV cache and overhead at each quantisation, and the smallest common card that holds eachestimate_from_hf_repoAny Hugging Face repo, read from its `config.json`: the attention layout, the cost of each 1,000 tokens of context, and memory at every quantisationPaste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"anaisbetts-mcp-installer": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@anaisbetts/mcp-installer"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"nodegrove-vram-can-i-run-it": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@nodegrove/vram-mcp"
]
}
}
}