A side-by-side look at the Ouroboros and Doriku MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Ouroboros for coding agents work; choose Doriku for coding agents as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Ouroboros when
You need dedicated capabilities in the Coding Agents domain.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Doriku 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.
Ouroboros
No confirmed install command for Ouroboros yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Ouroboros is categorized under Coding Agents and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Doriku belongs to Coding Agents and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Ouroboros for coding agents work and Doriku for coding agents.
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. Ouroboros has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
Ouroboros has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Doriku 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 ouroboros and doriku-2 as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Ouroboros has a quality signal of 41/100 (Fair) with 1 views, 0 installs and 6,250 GitHub stars. Doriku has 37/100 (Fair) with 3 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.