onetool-mcp vs everything

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	onetool-mcp by beycom	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 18	★ 85,748
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Score	43	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsFile SystemAI / LLM Tools	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

onetool-mcp · Summary

OneTool MCP provides 100+ tools in a single server, reducing token usage by 96% and eliminating context rot.

everything · Summary

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

onetool-mcp · Use cases

Developers who need to use multiple MCP servers but want to reduce token costs and avoid context rot
Teams building AI applications that require diverse tools like web search, file operations, and database access
Power users who want to integrate multiple services like AWS, Chrome DevTools, and documentation tools through a single MCP connection

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

onetool-mcp · Install

Installation

Requires [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/):

uv tool install 'onetool-mcp[all]'   # everything
onetool init --config ~/.onetool

Add to Claude Code:

claude mcp add onetool -- onetool --config ~/.onetool/onetool.yaml --secrets ~/.onetool/secrets.yaml

Or manually add to ~/.claude/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "onetool": {
      "command": "onetool",
      "args": ["--config", "/Users/yourname/.onetool/onetool.yaml", "--secrets", "/Users/yourname/.onetool/secrets.yaml"]
    }
  }
}

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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