Macos Vision MCP vs Immich Photo Manager

In-depth architectural comparison of the Macos Vision MCP and Immich Photo Manager 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 Macos Vision MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Multimedia Process domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: ocr_image, detect_faces, detect_barcodes.

Explore Macos Vision MCP Details

Choose Immich Photo Manager when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Multimedia Process domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Search, Albums, Tags.

Explore Immich Photo Manager Details

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Macos Vision MCP woladi Multimedia Process	Immich Photo Manager drolosoft Multimedia Process
Summary	Local OCR and image analysis via Apple Vision Framework. Wraps macOS's native Vision API to expose OCR for images and PDFs (with reading-order paragraphs, bounding boxes, line/paragraph IDs, and confidence), face / barcode / QR / document-corner detection, and image classification — all as MCP tools any client (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex CLI) can call. 97% token savings vs sending raw images. Fully offline, no API keys, files never leave the Mac. One-line install: npx -y macos-vision-mcp.	Turn your self-hosted Immich photo library into a conversation — natural language search via CLIP, geographic album curation from GPS data, cross-source duplicate detection with perceptual hashing, library health reports, and offline-ready interactive HTML galleries. Claude Code plugin with 21 MCP tools, 11 skills, and 5 slash commands.

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": {
    "woladi-macos-vision-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "macos-vision-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "drolosoft-immich-photo-manager": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "route"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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