Obsidian MCP Secure vs Heimdall MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Obsidian MCP Secure and Heimdall MCP 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 Obsidian MCP Secure when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Choose Heimdall MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Transparent proxy for any MCP server, Latency measurement and JSON-RPC message interception, Trace storage in SQLite, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Obsidian MCP Secure Monitoring	Heimdall MCP enmanuelmag Monitoring
Summary	Secure MCP server for Obsidian with OWASP Top 10 controls and full audit logging.	Transparent proxy for any MCP server that intercepts all JSON-RPC messages, measures latency, and stores traces in SQLite, PostgreSQL, or MySQL. Exports OpenTelemetry (OTLP) spans to Jaeger, Tempo, or Grafana. Supports stdio, HTTP, and SSE transports. npx @cardor/heimdall-mcp
Category & Scope	Monitoring

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": {
    "obsidian-mcp-secure": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "obsidian-mcp-secure"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "enmanuelmag-heimdall-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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