nest-mcp vs everything

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	nest-mcp by btwld	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 7	★ 85,748
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Score	41	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOps & Infra	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

nest-mcp · Summary

A NestJS-based framework for building MCP servers, clients and gateways with TypeScript decorators and dependency injection.

everything · Summary

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

nest-mcp · Use cases

Building MCP servers that expose tools, resources and prompts for AI clients
Creating MCP clients to integrate with existing MCP servers in NestJS applications
Aggregating multiple MCP servers behind a unified gateway with prefixes and policies

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

nest-mcp · Install

Install the appropriate package for your use case:

# Server — expose tools/resources to AI clients
npm install @nest-mcp/server @modelcontextprotocol/sdk zod@^4

# Client — call tools on a remote MCP server
npm install @nest-mcp/client @modelcontextprotocol/sdk zod@^4

# Gateway — aggregate multiple servers into one
npm install @nest-mcp/gateway @modelcontextprotocol/sdk zod@^4

# Install NestJS peer dependencies if not already installed
npm install @nestjs/common @nestjs/core reflect-metadata rxjs

For Claude Desktop, add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nest-mcp": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["path/to/your/server.js"]
    }
  }
}

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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