| FMRS | 54 / 100 · D | 74 / 100 · B | 72 / 100 · B |
| Reliability | 8 / 20 | 11 / 20 | 10 / 20 |
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| Security and permissions | 10 / 20 | 15 / 20 | 15 / 20 |
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| Maintenance | 11 / 20 | 17 / 20 | 16 / 20 |
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| Documentation | 13 / 20 | 17 / 20 | 17 / 20 |
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| Setup experience | 12 / 20 | 14 / 20 | 14 / 20 |
| Best for | - Developers building multimodal AI applications that require object detection and image understanding.
- Vision QA tasks requiring precise object localization and attribute reasoning.
- Scenarios needing rapid deployment of local or cloud vision perception services.
| - Developers needing quick, API-key-free web search capabilities
- Privacy-conscious users who prefer local search execution
- AI application development with Claude Desktop or Claude Code
| - Privacy-conscious developers who want local data storage.
- Researchers who need AI-assisted management of large note collections.
- Users of Markdown editors like Obsidian.
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| Not for | - Scenarios processing video streams (currently only static images are supported).
- Offline operation (requires API key and network connectivity).
- Users with strict privacy requirements who cannot send images to external APIs.
| - Enterprise applications requiring high-scale, reliable search APIs
- Users needing advanced search features like custom ranking or filters
- Accessing sites blocked by TLS fingerprinting without installing the optional browser backend
| - Users needing cloud sync and mobile access (unless using the paid cloud service).
- Minimalists who want zero configuration.
- Scenarios requiring large-scale vector databases and complex retrieval (local SQLite may be insufficient).
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| Required permissions | - Requires access to remote APIs (sending images to the DINO-X cloud platform).
- In STDIO mode, may require local filesystem write permissions to save annotated images.
| - Outbound network access to DuckDuckGo and other websites
- Reads environment variables for SafeSearch, region, and CA certificates
- Optionally reads a CA certificate file (for TLS-intercepting proxies)
| - Read and write to the local filesystem (default: ~/basic-memory).
- Perform file and directory operations (create, edit, delete).
- Access local SQLite database (or Postgres/Milvus if configured).
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| Risks and side effects | - API key leakage: keep your API key secure and avoid exposing it in public repositories.
- Data privacy: images are sent to the DINO-X platform for processing; ensure compliance with your data policies.
- Dependency on external service: the server relies on the DINO-X cloud platform; network outages or service disruptions may affect availability.
| - Search endpoints may occasionally return empty results or errors, especially when blocked
- Content fetching may be subject to SSRF protection, blocking private or loopback addresses by default
- Misuse could lead to rate limiting or IP blocking
| - Tools have write operations that may unintentionally modify or delete notes.
- Edit operations may overwrite existing content, though there are protections.
- Semantic search and reranking features may require model downloads, adding latency.
- Local data backups are the user's responsibility.
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| Supported clients | | Claude Desktop, Claude Code | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT, Obsidian |
| Tools | 4 | 2 | 21 |