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talon-cli vs lexa-mcp vs lexa-obsidian
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
talon-cli
experimentalv0.4.1
Talon CLI: hybrid retrieval over Obsidian vaults and markdown corpora, with grounded answers, MCP server, and agent-native output.
45
lexa-mcp
experimentalv0.1.1
rmcp stdio MCP server for the Lexa hybrid retrieval engine. Exposes `search_files`, `index_path`, `list_indexed_paths`, `purge_path`, and `status` to any MCP client (Codex, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code) for arbitrary local file trees. Pairs with `lexa-obsidian-mcp` for vault-shaped queries.
45
lexa-obsidian
experimentalv0.1.1
Local-first hybrid retrieval over an Obsidian vault. Ships an MCP stdio server (Codex / Claude Desktop / Cursor) and a CLI for indexing, search, backlinks, and tag listing.
Core Metrics
| talon-cli | lexa-mcp | lexa-obsidian | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 45 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 13 | 21 | 31 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 3d ago | 24d ago | 24d ago |
| Age | 3d | 24d | 24d |
Health Breakdown
talon-cli
Maintenance
13
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
12
lexa-mcp
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
lexa-obsidian
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| talon-cli | lexa-mcp | lexa-obsidian | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.1 | 0.1.1 | 0.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 26 | 8 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 106KB | 35KB | 58KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.95 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •lexa-mcp leads with a health score of 45/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •lexa-obsidian has the most downloads (31), suggesting wider adoption.