BlenderMCP vs Excalidraw Architect MCP

A side-by-side comparison of two Design & Media servers — tools, transport, auth, maintenance, and copy-paste config for each.

	BlenderMCP Control Blender from Claude and other LLMs for prompt-assisted 3D modeling, scene creation, and asset generation. Unverified stdio (local) No auth Python	Excalidraw Architect MCP Turn architecture into a queryable knowledge graph and render auto-laid-out Excalidraw diagrams. Offline, no API keys. Unverified stdio (local) No auth Python
Category	Design & Media	Design & Media
Language	Python	Python
Transport	stdio (local)	stdio (local)
Auth	None	None
GitHub stars	23k	125
Last commit	1 month ago	1 month ago
Verified
Actively maintained
Install	`uvx blender-mcp`	`pip install excalidraw-architect-mcp`
Repo	Open	Open

Verdict

Pick BlenderMCP if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option.

Pick Excalidraw Architect MCP if you prefer its approach (turn architecture into a queryable knowledge graph and render auto-laid-out excalidraw diagrams. offline, no api keys).

Add BlenderMCP

Install / run

uvx blender-mcp

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "blendermcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "blender-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Requires `uv` (the Python package runner). Install it from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/ if `uvx` is not found.

Add Excalidraw Architect MCP

Install / run

pip install excalidraw-architect-mcp

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "excalidraw-architect-mcp": {
      "command": "excalidraw-architect-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

FAQ

BlenderMCP or Excalidraw Architect MCP — which is better?

Pick BlenderMCP if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option. Pick Excalidraw Architect MCP if you prefer its approach (turn architecture into a queryable knowledge graph and render auto-laid-out excalidraw diagrams. offline, no api keys).

Can I use both BlenderMCP and Excalidraw Architect MCP?

Yes — MCP clients let you enable multiple servers at once. Add both configs to your client's mcpServers and use whichever tool fits the task.

Do BlenderMCP and Excalidraw Architect MCP work with Claude, Cursor and Windsurf?

Both do. Copy the per-client config below into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Windsurf.

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