AI Plugin Indexminutes vs exa
minutes and exa are both search and web MCP servers. exa scores higher (100 vs 89 out of 100). exa has more GitHub stars (5.1k), and minutes was updated more recently (3 days ago). The table compares them side by side.
| minutes | exa | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 89 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
| What it does | The private, owned conversation-memory layer for AI. Record, transcribe, and search every meeting. | Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research. |
| Publisher | Community: silverstein | Verified: exa.ai |
| Grades | Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality A | Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality A |
| npm downloads a week | 1,217 | Not on npm |
| Runs | Local | Remote |
| Works with | Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Windsurf | Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Windsurf, ChatGPT |
| GitHub stars | 1,559 | 5,142 |
| Last commit | 19 Oct 2026 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Listed since | 19 Oct 2026 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Install minutes | Install exa |
Questions
Is minutes or exa more popular?
exa has more GitHub stars: 5,142.
Can I use minutes 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.