BlenderMCP vs MCP Dashboards

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 Dashboards Render interactive charts, dashboards and KPI widgets directly inside your AI conversation. Unverified stdio (local) No auth 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 month ago
Verified
Actively maintained
Install	`uvx blender-mcp`	`claude mcp add dashboard -- npx -y mcp-dashboards --stdio`
Repo	Open	Open

Verdict

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

Pick MCP Dashboards if you need the broadest set of tools.

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 Dashboards

Install / run

claude mcp add dashboard -- npx -y mcp-dashboards --stdio

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-dashboards": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-dashboards",
        "--stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

FAQ

BlenderMCP or MCP Dashboards — which is better?

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

Can I use both BlenderMCP and MCP Dashboards?

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 Dashboards work with Claude, Cursor and Windsurf?

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

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