Obsidian Turbocharged vs Dannet
A side-by-side look at the Obsidian Turbocharged and Dannet MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Obsidian Turbocharged for knowledge & memory work as a local process; choose Dannet 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?
Choose Obsidian Turbocharged when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You have the keys it needs:
OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG.
Choose Dannet when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Knowledge & Memory | Knowledge & Memory |
| Quality signal | 49/100 · Fair | 47/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 10 | 29 |
| Directory activity | 6 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Obsidian Turbocharged | View Dannet |
Tools & capabilities
Obsidian Turbocharged tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Dannet 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.
Obsidian Turbocharged
{
"mcpServers": {
"obsidian-turbocharged": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"obsidian-tc"
],
"env": {
"OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG": "YOUR_OBSIDIAN_TC_CONFIG_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Dannet
{
"mcpServers": {
"dannet": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"shadow-cljs"
]
}
}
}