mcp-elasticsearch vs everything

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

	mcp-elasticsearch by AeaZer	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 9	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	38	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	DatabaseSearchDeveloper Tools	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Go	TypeScript
Last commit	10 mo ago	this month

mcp-elasticsearch · Summary

A fully-featured Elasticsearch MCP server with comprehensive search capabilities and multiple deployment options.

everything · Summary

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

mcp-elasticsearch · Use cases

Enabling LLM assistants to query and interact with Elasticsearch data stores
Automating data management workflows through AI tool calling
Providing search capabilities to AI applications without requiring direct API access

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

mcp-elasticsearch · Install

Installation

Using Docker (Recommended)

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 \
  -e MCP_PROTOCOL=http \
  -e ES_ADDRESSES=http://your-elasticsearch:9200 \
  ghcr.io/aeazer/mcp-elasticsearch:latest

From Source

go install github.com/AeaZer/mcp-elasticsearch@latest

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to ~/.config/claude/config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elasticsearch": {
      "command": "mcp-elasticsearch",
      "env": {
        "ES_ADDRESSES": "http://localhost:9200",
        "ES_VERSION": "8"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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