BloodHound-MCP-AI vs Serena

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

	BloodHound-MCP-AI Analyze BloodHound Active Directory attack paths with natural language via 75+ Cypher-backed MCP tools. Unverified stdio (local) No auth Stale Python	Serena LSP-powered coding agent toolkit: semantic symbol search, references and structural edits. Verified stdio (local) No auth Python
Category	Developer Tools	Developer Tools
Language	Python	Python
Transport	stdio (local)	stdio (local)
Auth	None	None
GitHub stars	363	12k
Last commit	1 year ago	23 days ago
Verified
Actively maintained
Install	`git clone https://github.com/MorDavid/BloodHound-MCP-AI.git && pip install -r requirements.txt`	`uvx --from git+https://github.com/oraios/serena serena start-mcp-server`
Repo	Open	Open

Verdict

Pick BloodHound-MCP-AI if you prefer its approach (analyze bloodhound active directory attack paths with natural language via 75+ cypher-backed mcp tools).

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

Add BloodHound-MCP-AI

Install / run

git clone https://github.com/MorDavid/BloodHound-MCP-AI.git && pip install -r requirements.txt

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bloodhound-mcp-ai": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "<Your_Path>\\BloodHound-MCP.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BLOODHOUND_URI": "bolt://localhost:7687",
        "BLOODHOUND_USERNAME": "neo4j",
        "BLOODHOUND_PASSWORD": "bloodhoundcommunityedition"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add Serena

Install / run

uvx --from git+https://github.com/oraios/serena serena start-mcp-server

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serena": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/oraios/serena",
        "serena",
        "start-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

FAQ

BloodHound-MCP-AI or Serena — which is better?

Pick BloodHound-MCP-AI if you prefer its approach (analyze bloodhound active directory attack paths with natural language via 75+ cypher-backed mcp tools). Pick Serena if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you need the broadest set of tools.

Can I use both BloodHound-MCP-AI and Serena?

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 BloodHound-MCP-AI and Serena work with Claude, Cursor and Windsurf?

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

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