AI Plugin IndexObsidian Notes vs exa
Obsidian Notes and exa are both search and web MCP servers. exa scores higher (100 vs 30 out of 100). exa has more GitHub stars (5.1k), and exa was updated more recently (4 days ago). The table compares them side by side.
| Obsidian Notes | exa | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 30 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
| What it does | Search an Obsidian vault by tag, term and wikilink graph. Read-only, deterministic, no embeddings. | Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research. |
| Publisher | Community: moreno-omar | Verified: exa.ai |
| Grades | Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality C | Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality A |
| npm downloads a week | Not on npm | Not on npm |
| Runs | Local | Remote |
| Works with | Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Windsurf, ChatGPT | |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 5,142 |
| Last commit | 11 Oct 2026 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Listed since | 19 Oct 2026 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Install Obsidian Notes | Install exa |
Questions
Is Obsidian Notes or exa more popular?
exa has more GitHub stars: 5,142.
Can I use Obsidian Notes and exa together?
Yes. AI assistants can load several MCP servers at once. Install both and the assistant picks the right one for each task.