Agentcairn vs Krimto

In-depth architectural comparison of the Agentcairn and Krimto MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Agentcairn when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Plain Markdown Obsidian vault as canonical memory store, Rebuildable DuckDB index for hybrid BM25, vector, and graph recall, Non-lossy memory capture with supersession and secret redaction.

Explore Agentcairn Details

Choose Krimto when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Memory stored as plain markdown files in git, User→team→org scoped access control, Hybrid SQLite + vector index for fast retrieval.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Agentcairn ccf Knowledge & Memory	Krimto krimto-labs Knowledge & Memory
Summary	Local-first agent memory: a plain-Markdown Obsidian vault is the source of truth, with a rebuildable DuckDB index for hybrid BM25 + vector + graph recall. Non-lossy capture with secret redaction; works across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and any MCP host. uvx agentcairn	Open-source team memory layer for AI coding agents. Markdown files in git as storage, a user→team→org hierarchy as the access primitive, and one cross-vendor MCP server (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI). Hybrid SQLite + sqlite-vec retrieval. Apache-2.0.
Category & Scope

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ccf-agentcairn": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "agentcairn"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "krimto-labs-krimto": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "krimto-labs-krimto"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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