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DimensionDINO-X MCP ServerOfficial MCP server powered by DINO-X for fine-grained object detection and image understanding.DuckDuckGo Search MCP ServerMCP server providing web search and content fetching via DuckDuckGoBasic MemoryYour AI never forgets again.
FMRS54 / 100 · D74 / 100 · B72 / 100 · B
Reliability8 / 2011 / 2010 / 20
Security and permissions10 / 2015 / 2015 / 20
Maintenance11 / 2017 / 2016 / 20
Documentation13 / 2017 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience12 / 2014 / 2014 / 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.
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).
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).
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.
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, Claude CodeClaude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT, Obsidian
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