opentrace vs everything

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

	opentrace by adham90	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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opentrace · Summary

OpenTrace is an MCP-native observability engine that connects AI coding agents directly to production data via MCP tools.

everything · Summary

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

opentrace · Use cases

Debug production errors by having AI agents search logs and analyze error groups
Investigate performance bottlenecks through MCP tools for database queries and endpoint metrics
Generate tests and safety assessments based on actual production data

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

opentrace · Install

Installation Options

VPS (Hetzner, DigitalOcean, any Linux server)

ssh root@your-server
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adham90/opentrace/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Docker

docker run -d --name opentrace \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v opentrace-data:/data \
  -e OPENTRACE_LISTEN_ADDR=0.0.0.0:8080 \
  ghcr.io/adham90/opentrace:latest

Connect to Claude Desktop

Create a .mcp.json file in your project:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opentrace": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@opentrace-sdk/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OPENTRACE_URL": "https://your-server.com",
        "OPENTRACE_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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