Nautilus Compass vs Reverie

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

Nautilus Compass logoNautilus CompassKnowledge & Memory · Local subprocess (stdio)Drift-aware cross-agent memory · MCP/A2A · LongMemEval-S 56.6% · 1/15 Zep cost47FairAuth: not declaredReverie logoReverieKnowledge & Memory · Local subprocess (stdio)Graph memory that dreams: Neo4j knowledge-graph memory for AI agents with hybrid search48FairAuth: not declared

Verdict: choose Nautilus Compass for knowledge & memory work as a local process; choose Reverie for knowledge & memory as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.

Which MCP server should you choose?

Nautilus Compass logoChoose Nautilus Compass when

  • You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
  • You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
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Reverie logoChoose Reverie when

  • You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
  • You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
  • You have the keys it needs: NEO4J_URI, NEO4J_USERNAME, NEO4J_PASSWORD, NEO4J_DATABASE.
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Feature & specification comparison

Rows where the two servers differ are marked.

SpecNautilus Compass logoNautilus CompassReverie logoReverie
CategoryKnowledge & MemoryKnowledge & Memory
Quality signal47/100 · Fair48/100 · Fair
Install commandConfirmedConfirmed
TransportLocal subprocess (stdio)Local subprocess (stdio)
AuthNot declaredNot declared
PricingNot declaredNot declared
Required env varsNone listedNEO4J_URINEO4J_USERNAMENEO4J_PASSWORDNEO4J_DATABASE
Verified ownerCommunity listingCommunity listing
GitHub stars1,25469
Directory activity 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes
ToolsNot listedNot listed

Tools & capabilities

Nautilus Compass tools

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

Reverie 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.

Nautilus Compass

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nautilus-compass": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "nautilus-compass"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Reverie

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reverie": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@knowall-ai/reverie"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEO4J_URI": "YOUR_NEO4J_URI_HERE",
        "NEO4J_USERNAME": "YOUR_NEO4J_USERNAME_HERE",
        "NEO4J_PASSWORD": "YOUR_NEO4J_PASSWORD_HERE",
        "NEO4J_DATABASE": "YOUR_NEO4J_DATABASE_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

Nautilus Compass is categorized under Knowledge & Memory and uses a local stdio subprocess. Reverie belongs to Knowledge & Memory and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Nautilus Compass for knowledge & memory work and Reverie for knowledge & memory.

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.

Nautilus Compass has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Reverie 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 nautilus-compass and reverie as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.

On AllMCPs, Nautilus Compass has a quality signal of 47/100 (Fair) with 1 views, 0 installs and 1,254 GitHub stars. Reverie has 48/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 69 GitHub stars.