CTX vs everything

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	CTX by Alegau03	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 122	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	47	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsProductivity	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Rust	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

CTX · Summary

CTX is a context runtime engine that optimizes AI coding workflows by reducing token waste through graph memory, compact task packs, and caching.

everything · Summary

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

CTX · Use cases

Optimizing OpenCode workflows by reducing token usage through context compression
Managing reusable code rules and patterns in graph memory for better retrieval
Creating compact task-specific context packs to minimize unnecessary information sent to AI models

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

CTX · Install

Install CTX using one of these methods:

# Via Cargo
cargo install ctx-cli

# One-line installer
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Alegau03/CTX/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

# Via npm
npm i -g @alegau/ctx-bin

# Via Homebrew
brew tap Alegau03/ctx && brew install ctx

To integrate with OpenCode:

cd /path/to/your/project
ctx init
ctx index
ctx opencode install
opencode

For Claude Desktop integration, add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ctx": {
      "command": "ctx",
      "args": ["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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