Duplicacy MCP vs Safeship

A side-by-side look at the Duplicacy MCP and Safeship MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.

Duplicacy MCP logoDuplicacy MCPMonitoring · Local subprocess (stdio)Go-based MCP server for Duplicacy backup monitoring. Query backup job status and Prometheus metrics from a Duplicacy exporter. Docker image available.52GoodAuth: not declared
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SafeshipMonitoring · Remote HTTP/SSE
API monitoring from your editor. Checks the JSON your endpoints return, not just the status code.37FairAuth: not declared

Verdict: choose Duplicacy MCP for monitoring work as a local process; choose Safeship for monitoring over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.

Which MCP server should you choose?

Duplicacy MCP logoChoose Duplicacy MCP when

  • You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
  • You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
  • You have the keys it needs: DUPLICACY_EXPORTER_URL.
Explore Duplicacy MCP

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Choose Safeship when

  • You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
  • You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
Explore Safeship

Feature & specification comparison

Rows where the two servers differ are marked.

SpecDuplicacy MCP logoDuplicacy MCP
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Safeship
CategoryMonitoringMonitoring
Quality signal52/100 · Good37/100 · Fair
Install commandConfirmedConfirmed
TransportLocal subprocess (stdio)Remote HTTP/SSE
AuthNot declaredNot declared
PricingNot declaredNot declared
Required env varsDUPLICACY_EXPORTER_URLNone listed
Verified ownerCommunity listingCommunity listing
GitHub stars2—
Directory activity 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes
ToolsNot listedNot listed

Tools & capabilities

Duplicacy MCP tools

No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.

Safeship tools

No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.

Ready-to-paste client configs

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.

Duplicacy MCP

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "geiserx-duplicacy-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "duplicacy-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DUPLICACY_EXPORTER_URL": "YOUR_DUPLICACY_EXPORTER_URL_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Safeship

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "safeship": {
      "url": "https://safeship.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

Duplicacy MCP is categorized under Monitoring and uses a local stdio subprocess. Safeship belongs to Monitoring and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Duplicacy MCP for monitoring work and Safeship for monitoring.

Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.

Duplicacy MCP has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Safeship has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.

Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add geiserx-duplicacy-mcp and safeship as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.

On AllMCPs, Duplicacy MCP has a quality signal of 52/100 (Good) with 2 views, 0 installs and 2 GitHub stars. Safeship has 37/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.