BlenderMCP vs MCP Image Compression

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	MCP Image Compression High-performance MCP server for compressing JPEG, PNG, WebP and AVIF images offline. Unverified stdio (local) No auth Stale TypeScript
Category	Design & Media	Design & Media
Language	Python	TypeScript
Transport	stdio (local)	stdio (local)
Auth	None	None
GitHub stars	23k	33
Last commit	2 months ago	1 year ago
Verified
Actively maintained
Install	`uvx blender-mcp`	`npx -y @inhiblab-core/mcp-image-compression`
Repo	Open	Open

Verdict

Pick BlenderMCP if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you need the broadest set of tools.

Pick MCP Image Compression if you prefer its approach (high-performance mcp server for compressing jpeg, png, webp and avif images offline).

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 MCP Image Compression

Install / run

npx -y @inhiblab-core/mcp-image-compression

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-image-compression": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@inhiblab-core/mcp-image-compression"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IMAGE_COMPRESSION_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "<YOUR_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

FAQ

BlenderMCP or MCP Image Compression — which is better?

Pick BlenderMCP if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you need the broadest set of tools. Pick MCP Image Compression if you prefer its approach (high-performance mcp server for compressing jpeg, png, webp and avif images offline).

Can I use both BlenderMCP and MCP Image Compression?

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 MCP Image Compression work with Claude, Cursor and Windsurf?

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

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