joplin-mcp vs everything

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	joplin-mcp by alondmnt	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	ProductivityAI / LLM ToolsKnowledge Graph	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

joplin-mcp · Summary

A FastMCP-based server enabling AI assistants to interact with Joplin notes via 25 optimized tools.

everything · Summary

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

joplin-mcp · Use cases

AI assistants can search and retrieve specific notes from your Joplin knowledge base
Create, update, and organize notes through natural language commands
Automate tagging and categorization of notes based on content

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

joplin-mcp · Install

Installation

Claude Desktop

# Install and configure automatically
pip install joplin-mcp
joplin-mcp-install

**Manual Configuration:** Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "joplin": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "joplin-mcp", "joplin-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "JOPLIN_TOKEN": "your_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Other Clients

For Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add alondmnt/joplin-mcp
/plugin install joplin-mcp

For Jan AI:

Add MCP Server in Jan's interface
Name: joplin
Command: uvx --from joplin-mcp joplin-mcp-server
Environment Variables: JOPLIN_TOKEN (your token)

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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