BlenderMCP vs QGIS 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	QGIS MCP Let Claude control QGIS Desktop — create projects, load layers, run processing algorithms, and execute PyQGIS code. Unverified stdio (local) No auth Stale Python
Category	Design & Media	Design & Media
Language	Python	Python
Transport	stdio (local)	stdio (local)
Auth	None	None
GitHub stars	23k	994
Last commit	2 months ago	10 months ago
Verified
Actively maintained
Install	`uvx blender-mcp`	`git clone git@github.com:jjsantos01/qgis_mcp.git`
Repo	Open	Open

Verdict

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

Pick QGIS MCP if you prefer its approach (let claude control qgis desktop — create projects, load layers, run processing algorithms, and execute pyqgis code).

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 QGIS MCP

Install / run

git clone git@github.com:jjsantos01/qgis_mcp.git

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qgis-mcp": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/REPO/FOLDER/qgis_mcp/src/qgis_mcp",
        "run",
        "qgis_mcp_server.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

FAQ

BlenderMCP or QGIS MCP — which is better?

Pick BlenderMCP if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you need the broadest set of tools. Pick QGIS MCP if you prefer its approach (let claude control qgis desktop — create projects, load layers, run processing algorithms, and execute pyqgis code).

Can I use both BlenderMCP and QGIS 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 QGIS 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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