TriliumNext (trilium-MCP) - install, status & alternatives [2026]

01 · Install TriliumNext (trilium-MCP)

before you install - you'll need

Set TRILIUM_URL, TRILIUM_TOKEN before connecting.

Docker

docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/ovden13/trilium-mcp:0.1.5

Claude Desktop - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ovden13-trilium-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/ovden13/trilium-mcp:0.1.5"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

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Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as container (OCI image) - can be sandboxed away from your filesystem

license MIT - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.OVDEN13 is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What TriliumNext (trilium-MCP) can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can create a note (optionally under a parent, with labels in one shot), create many notes in one call - saves per-call schema overhead during restructuring, fetch note metadata, and delete a note and its subtree.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what TriliumNext (trilium-MCP) lets an agent do.

Note

7 tools - e.g. Create a note (optionally under a parent, with labels in one shot).; Fetch note metadata; optionally include body content.; Recursively fetch a note + descendants up to N levels as a nested tree…

create_note · get_note · get_note_subtree · update_note · delete_note · move_note…

Batch

2 tools - e.g. Create many notes in one call - saves per-call schema overhead during restructuring.; Delete many notes; partial failures don't stop the rest.

batch_create_notes · batch_delete_notes

delete

2 tools - e.g. Remove one parent-child link without deleting the note (un-clone).; Remove a label or relation by its attribute id.

delete_branch · remove_attribute

read & search

2 tools - e.g. Full-power Trilium search (label, ~relation, note.title %= "regex", ancestor scoping, etc.).; List all labels and relations on a note.

search_notes · list_attributes

create & write

2 tools - e.g. Attach a label (key=value) - acts as a "column" in collection views.; Attach a relation (~name → noteId) - like a foreign key between notes.

add_label · add_relation

Append

1 tool - e.g. Append text to the body with a configurable separator.

append_content

Latest releases

v0.1.5 · 2026-05-11

v0.1.4 · 2026-05-11

v0.1.3 · 2026-05-11

04 · Who maintains TriliumNext (trilium-MCP)

TriliumNext (trilium-mcp) is maintained by ovden13. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to May 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/ovden13/trilium-mcp
category: documentation - ranked #170 of 183 actively-maintained documentation servers as of 2026-08-25.
registry: io.github.OVDEN13/trilium-mcp (active, first published 2026-05-11 · 4 versions)
packages: oci:ghcr.io/ovden13/trilium-mcp:0.1.5

06 · TriliumNext (trilium-MCP) FAQ

Is TriliumNext (trilium-MCP) still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-06-20. We re-verify nightly.

What can TriliumNext (trilium-MCP) do?

With this server connected, an agent can create a note (optionally under a parent, with labels in one shot), create many notes in one call - saves per-call schema overhead during restructuring, fetch note metadata, and delete a note and its subtree.

How do I install TriliumNext (trilium-MCP)?

Run `docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/ovden13/trilium-mcp:0.1.5`. The README documents 2 environment variables (TRILIUM_URL, TRILIUM_TOKEN) to set first. Set TRILIUM_URL, TRILIUM_TOKEN before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

07 · Alternatives to TriliumNext (trilium-MCP)

Alternatives to TriliumNext (trilium-MCP)

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