pentest-ai vs everything

Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.

	pentest-ai by 0xSteph	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Language	Python	TypeScript
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pentest-ai · Summary

Offensive-security MCP server with 205 wrapped tools, 17 specialist agents, and 60 SPA-aware probes for autonomous pentests.

everything · Summary

Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.

pentest-ai · Use cases

Autonomous penetration testing via MCP-compatible clients like Claude Code
Security testing in CI/CD pipelines with SARIF output
Security audit reporting with proof of concepts for findings

everything · Use cases

Testing MCP client implementations against all protocol features
Learning MCP protocol capabilities through a reference server
Validating client compatibility with different transport methods

pentest-ai · Install

Installation

pip install ptai

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pentest-ai": {
      "command": "ptai",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Other MCP Clients

ptai setup --mcp

everything · Install

NPX (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use cmd /c:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/everything"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything

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