Open Health Sync vs Marrow
A side-by-side look at the Open Health Sync and Marrow MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
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Open Health SyncBiology & BioinformaticsRead-only access to self-hosted health data: samples, sleep, workouts, nutrition, daily summaries.35FairAuth: not declaredVerdict: choose Open Health Sync for biology & bioinformatics work; choose Marrow for biology & bioinformatics over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
OChoose Open Health Sync when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology & Bioinformatics domain.
Choose Marrow when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology & Bioinformatics domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You want tools like
health_summary, list_metrics, metric_daily.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | O Open Health Sync | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Biology & Bioinformatics | Biology & Bioinformatics |
| Quality signal | 35/100 · Fair | 53/100 · Good |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 5 | 3 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 9 |
| Full listing | View Open Health Sync | View Marrow |
Tools & capabilities
Open Health Sync tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Marrow tools 9
health_summaryRecent days across activity, heart, sleep and nutritionlist_metricsEvery metric in the mirror, with units and coveragemetric_dailyDaily values for any metric, up to 400 daysmetric_samplesRaw records with timestamps and source devicesworkoutsWorkouts from every source: activity, start, end, duration and sourcenutrition_logThe meal diary: every logged food with full nutrient detail, by daystrength_logEvery lifting set with its set type and estimated 1RM, per-exercise progression, and volume per muscle group (warm-ups left out)sleep_logOne night per wake day: bedtime, wake time, hours asleep, minutes per stagesymptoms_and_moodSymptoms with their severity, and State of Mind entries with valence, feelings and what they were about
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.
Open Health Sync
No confirmed install command for Open Health Sync yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Marrow
{
"mcpServers": {
"marrow-4": {
"url": "https://skeletonarmy.tech/mcp"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Open Health Sync is categorized under Biology & Bioinformatics and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Marrow belongs to Biology & Bioinformatics and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Open Health Sync for biology & bioinformatics work and Marrow for biology & bioinformatics.
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. Open Health Sync has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
Open Health Sync is listed as free. Marrow 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 open-health-sync and marrow-4 as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Open Health Sync has a quality signal of 35/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 5 GitHub stars. Marrow has 53/100 (Good) with 1 views, 0 installs and 3 GitHub stars.