claude-homelab vs memory

Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.

	claude-homelab by jmagar	memory by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 42	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	45	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	MediaMonitoringOps & InfraProductivity	Knowledge GraphAI / LLM ToolsProductivity
Language	Shell	TypeScript
Last commit	1 mo ago	this month

claude-homelab · Summary

HomeLab management plugin for Claude with 16+ integrations for media, infrastructure monitoring, and document management.

memory · Summary

An MCP server implementing persistent memory using a local knowledge graph for AI models to remember user information across chats.

claude-homelab · Use cases

Managing media libraries through Plex with automation for movie/TV show requests
Monitoring homelab infrastructure including Docker containers, ZFS pools, and system resources
Managing documents with integrations to Linkding bookmarks, Memos notes, and Paperless-ngx

memory · Use cases

Personalizing AI assistant interactions by remembering user preferences, history, and relationships
Building context-aware chat applications that maintain conversation history
Creating knowledge bases that persist across AI model sessions

claude-homelab · Install

Installation

Claude Marketplace

/plugin marketplace add jmagar/claude-homelab
/plugin install homelab-core @jmagar-claude-homelab

Manual Install

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jmagar/claude-homelab/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Configuration

After installation, set up credentials using:

/homelab-core:setup

This will create and populate ~/.claude-homelab/.env with your service credentials.

memory · Install

Installation

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memory": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Use one-click installation buttons or manually configure in .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "memory": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memory": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "-v", "claude-memory:/app/dist", "--rm", "mcp/memory"]
    }
  }
}

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