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DevRecall vs Smithery
Provides a registry for finding and hosting MCP servers, but does not index personal work history.
Which to pick
Pick DevRecall if you want…
- On-device searchable work memory
- A free, open-source tool
Pick Smithery if you want…
- Managed MCP server registry
- MCP server discovery
Side by side
- What it is
- DevRecall:DevRecall creates a private, searchable on-device index of your entire work history for chat, reports and AI agent integration.
- Smithery:Smithery is a registry and hosting platform for MCP servers that lets AI agents connect to tools with built-in auth, credentials and session management.
- Best for
- DevRecall:On-device searchable work memory
- Smithery:Managed MCP server registry
- Who it’s for
- DevRecall:Engineers who want local, citation-backed recall of code, tickets and communications.
- Smithery:Developers building AI agents that need easy access to MCP tools and services
- Pricing
- DevRecall:Open source
- Smithery:Freemium
- Plans
- DevRecall:—
- Smithery:Hobby Free · Pay as you Go $10/mo per month
- Open source
- DevRecall:Yes, 4 GitHub stars
- Smithery:—
- Works with
- DevRecall:Git, GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Google Calendar, Jira, Linear, Confluence
- Smithery:—
DevRecall features
- Local searchable index. Indexes Git, GitHub/GitLab, Slack, Calendar, Jira, Linear, Confluence, Notion and Claude Code into a SQLite DB with full-text and vector search.
- Cited chat interface. Ask natural-language questions and receive answers that cite the exact commits, PRs or tickets.
- MCP server for AI agents. Provides an MCP endpoint so Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Continue or Zed can retrieve history inline.
- Automated standups & docs. Generates daily standup notes, weekly roll-ups and quarterly brag documents from real activity.
- Identity merge. Collapses multiple identities (git email, GitHub, Slack, Jira) into a single developer profile across orgs.
- Offline embeddings. Runs ONNX embeddings locally; uses Ollama by default or any OpenAI/Anthropic key you provide.
- Cross-platform CLI & macOS app. Single Go binary works on macOS and Linux; macOS desktop wraps the CLI for menu-bar use.
- MIT-licensed open source. Full source available, no hidden telemetry or proprietary cloud components.
Smithery features
- MCP Server Registry. Find and list MCP servers for agents to discover and use.
- Hosted MCP Servers. Host your own MCP server with built-in management.
- Managed OAuth. Provides OAuth handling without requiring developers to manage keys.
- Persistent Connections. Keeps agent sessions alive for continuous interactions.
- RPC Quotas. Offers tiered RPC limits (50K free, 100K paid) for API calls.
- Namespace Support. Supports multiple namespaces for organizing tools.
DevRecall vs Smithery FAQ
Is DevRecall or Smithery free?+
DevRecall is free and open source. Smithery has a free plan (Hobby); paid plans start at $10/month (Pay as you Go).
Which is cheaper, DevRecall or Smithery?+
DevRecall is free, so it costs less. Smithery starts at $10/month (Pay as you Go).
Is DevRecall or Smithery open source?+
DevRecall is open source (pavelpilyak/devrecall on GitHub, MIT license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Smithery.
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