hamr vs everything
Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.
hamr by AKhilRaghav0 | everything by modelcontextprotocol | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | ★ 18 | ★ 85,748 |
| 30d uses | — | — |
| Score | 43 | 77 |
| Official | — | ✓ |
| Categories | Developer ToolsOps & InfraAI / LLM Tools | Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther |
| Language | Go | TypeScript |
| Last commit | 1 mo ago | this month |
hamr · Summary
A Go framework for building MCP servers with automatic schema generation from struct tags, optimizing for token cost.
everything · Summary
Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.
hamr · Use cases
- Building token-efficient MCP servers for AI assistants with minimal overhead
- Creating Go-based MCP servers without writing JSON schemas manually
- Developing monitoring dashboards for MCP servers with real-time tool call tracking
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
hamr · Install
Installation
Install the CLI:
go install github.com/AKhilRaghav0/hamr/cmd/hamr@latestScaffold a new project:
hamr init my-server
cd my-server
go run .Add to existing Go project:
go get github.com/AKhilRaghav0/hamrClaude Desktop Configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"my-server": {
"command": "go",
"args": ["run", "/path/to/my-server"]
}
}
}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