Apple Music MCP vs BlenderMCP

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

	Apple Music MCP Give Claude full access to your Apple Music: search the catalog, browse your library, manage playlists, and explore listening history. Unverified stdio (local) OAuth Python	BlenderMCP Control Blender from Claude and other LLMs for prompt-assisted 3D modeling, scene creation, and asset generation. Unverified stdio (local) No auth Python
Category	Design & Media	Design & Media
Language	Python	Python
Transport	stdio (local)	stdio (local)
Auth	OAuth	None
GitHub stars	32	23k
Last commit	1 month ago	16 days ago
Verified
Actively maintained
Install	`git clone https://github.com/marioinghilleri/mcp-apple-music && cd mcp-apple-music && uv sync`	`uvx blender-mcp`
Repo	Open	Open

Verdict

Pick Apple Music MCP if you prefer its approach (give claude full access to your apple music: search the catalog, browse your library, manage playlists, and explore listening history).

Pick BlenderMCP if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you want zero-setup with no API key.

Add Apple Music MCP

Install / run

git clone https://github.com/marioinghilleri/mcp-apple-music && cd mcp-apple-music && uv sync

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-music-mcp": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--directory",
        "/absolute/path/to/mcp-apple-music",
        "mcp-apple-music"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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.

FAQ

Apple Music MCP or BlenderMCP — which is better?

Pick Apple Music MCP if you prefer its approach (give claude full access to your apple music: search the catalog, browse your library, manage playlists, and explore listening history). Pick BlenderMCP if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you want zero-setup with no API key.

Can I use both Apple Music MCP and BlenderMCP?

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 Apple Music MCP and BlenderMCP work with Claude, Cursor and Windsurf?

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

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