A side-by-side look at the Ban Fr and Moradas — Portuguese addresses & postal codes MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Ban Fr for location services work as a local process; choose Moradas — Portuguese addresses & postal codes for location services. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
geocode, reverse_geocode, search_municipality.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | M Moradas — Portuguese addresses & postal codes | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Location Services | Location Services |
| Quality signal | 59/100 · Good | 39/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | — |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 3 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Ban Fr | View Moradas — Portuguese addresses & postal codes |
geocodeForward-geocode a French address, street, locality or commune. Returns scored GeoJSON matches (score 0-1) with label, coordinates, postcode, citycode (INSEE) and context. France only.reverse_geocodeReverse-geocode a coordinate to the nearest French address/feature. Returns scored GeoJSON matches with label, postcode, citycode (INSEE), context and distance (metres). France only.search_municipalityLook up a French commune (municipality) by name to resolve its INSEE citycode, postcode, population and centre coordinates. Shortcut for geocode with type=municipality.No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste 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": {
"ban-fr": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-ban-fr"
]
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Moradas — Portuguese addresses & postal codes yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.