codanna vs everything

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	codanna by bartolli	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 673	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	53	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsSearch	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Rust	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

codanna · Summary

Codanna is a local code intelligence MCP server providing semantic search, relationship tracking, and document search for AI coding assistants.

everything · Summary

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

codanna · Use cases

Finding functions and their relationships across large codebases
Semantic search for implementation logic rather than just keywords
Impact analysis of code changes with full dependency 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

codanna · Install

Installation

macOS, Linux, WSL

curl -fsSL --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://install.codanna.sh | sh

Homebrew

brew install codanna

Windows (PowerShell)

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bartolli/codanna/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

Setup for Claude Desktop

Add to Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codanna": {
      "command": "codanna",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Initialize and Index

codanna init
codanna index src

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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