Redmine MCP Stateless vs Loupe

In-depth architectural comparison of the Redmine MCP Stateless and Loupe 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 Redmine MCP Stateless when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Product Management domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: MCP_TRANSPORT, REDMINE_URL, REDMINE_API_KEY.
• Primary tools included: list_issues, get_issue, create_issue.

Explore Redmine MCP Stateless Details

Choose Loupe when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Product Management domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: LOUPE_API, LOUPE_PROJECT_KEY, LOUPE_ADMIN_KEY, DATABASE_URL.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Redmine MCP Stateless daiji-sshr Product Management	Loupe mohamed-ashraf-elsaed Product Management
Summary	Stateless Redmine MCP server. Credentials are passed per-request via HTTP headers and never stored on the server. Supports listing/creating/updating issues, full-text search across subjects, descriptions and comments, and editing journals (Redmine 5.0+). Deployable on RHEL (systemd) or Docker.	Turns pinned visual product feedback into an actionable backlog: list comments, read one with its target element's HTML, computed styles and screenshot, and update its status. Powers the Loupe SDK, browser extension, and loupekit/laravel package. Install @loupekit/mcp (binary loupe-mcp).

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": {
    "daiji-sshr-redmine-mcp-stateless": {
      "url": "http://localhost:8000/sse"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mohamed-ashraf-elsaed-loupe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mohamed-ashraf-elsaed-loupe"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LOUPE_API": "YOUR_LOUPE_API_HERE",
        "LOUPE_PROJECT_KEY": "YOUR_LOUPE_PROJECT_KEY_HERE",
        "LOUPE_ADMIN_KEY": "YOUR_LOUPE_ADMIN_KEY_HERE",
        "DATABASE_URL": "YOUR_DATABASE_URL_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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