Project Bourne vs OmniGlyph

In-depth architectural comparison of the Project Bourne and OmniGlyph 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 Project Bourne when:

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

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Choose OmniGlyph when:

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

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Project Bourne Developer Tools	OmniGlyph Developer Tools
Summary	Run reproducible scientific workloads on GPUs, local compute, Slurm, and PBS with provenance.	Local symbol ground truth MCP server for Unicode lookup and code-symbol linting.
Category & Scope	Developer Tools	Developer Tools
Quality signal

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": {
    "project-bourne": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@project-bourne/mcp@0.8.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "omniglyph": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "omniglyph"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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