memory-bank-mcp vs everything

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	memory-bank-mcp by alioshr	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 904	★ 85,748
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Score	49	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	AI / LLM ToolsProductivityDeveloper Tools	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	9 mo ago	this month

memory-bank-mcp · Summary

A TypeScript MCP server for centralized remote memory bank management across multiple projects.

everything · Summary

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

memory-bank-mcp · Use cases

Managing persistent memory for AI assistants across multiple projects
Centralizing knowledge bases for development teams working on different repositories
Creating a shared memory resource that AI models can access regardless of the client application

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

memory-bank-mcp · Install

Installation

Automatic Installation with Smithery

npx -y @smithery/cli install @alioshr/memory-bank-mcp --client claude

Manual Configuration

For Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

"allPepper-memory-bank": {
  "type": "stdio",
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "@allpepper/memory-bank-mcp@latest"],
  "env": {
    "MEMORY_BANK_ROOT": "YOUR_PATH"
  }
}

For Cursor

Settings → Features → Add MCP Server:

env MEMORY_BANK_ROOT=<path-to-bank> npx -y @allpepper/memory-bank-mcp@latest

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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