Backscroll vs Forge

Side-by-side comparison of two Model Context Protocol servers — install paths, tools, quality signals, and directory engagement so you can pick the right one for Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients.

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soren-achebe
🖥️ Command Line
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ferodrigop
🖥️ Command Line
SummaryAnswers "what did that command print?" from your real terminal history: a per-command PTY session recorder (OSC 133) stores every command's full output, exit code, cwd, and duration in local SQLite/FTS5, and the MCP server searches, retrieves, and diffs those outputs — secret redaction on by default before anything reaches the model.Terminal MCP server for AI coding agents with persistent PTY sessions, ring-buffer incremental reads, headless xterm screen capture, multi-agent orchestration, and a real-time web dashboard.
Quality signal44/100 (Fair)45/100 (Fair)
Install pathnpx · lownpx · high
Engagement 1 0 0 6 4 0 0 22
ToolsPer-command PTY session recording with OSC 133 semantic-prompt marksLocal SQLite database with FTS5 trigram full-text searchZstd-compressed command outputs with configurable head/tail captureAutomatic redaction of secrets before output reaches the modelCross-platform shell integration for Bash, Zsh, Fish, PowerShellNo cloud or telemetry; all data stored locally in a single SQLite fileReal PTY support via node-pty for interactive programs and TUIsIncremental ring-buffer reads returning only new terminal outputServer-side headless xterm rendering for clean screen snapshotsMulti-agent orchestration with session groups and event subscriptionsPreact-based real-time web dashboard for terminal and chat monitoringZero-configuration startup with HTTP MCP endpoint
Verified / officialNoNo
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