cosmotop vs everything

Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.

	cosmotop by bjia56	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 67	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	46	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	MonitoringDeveloper ToolsOps & Infra	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	C++	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

cosmotop · Summary

Multiplatform system monitoring tool with MCP server mode exposing system metrics via Model Context Protocol.

everything · Summary

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

cosmotop · Use cases

AI assistants requiring real-time system information for troubleshooting or optimization
Automation workflows that need to monitor system health across different environments
Development teams integrating system metrics into AI-powered dashboard solutions

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

cosmotop · Install

Installation

Direct Download

Download the prebuilt binary from [GitHub releases](https://github.com/bjia56/cosmotop/releases/latest) and run it directly.

Homebrew

brew tap bjia56/tap
brew install cosmotop

Docker

docker run -it --rm --net=host --pid=host ghcr.io/bjia56/cosmotop:latest

MCP Server Setup

For use with Claude Desktop, add to Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cosmotop": {
      "command": "path/to/cosmotop",
      "args": ["--mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Build from Source

Follow the README instructions for building with CMake and Cosmopolitan Libc.

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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