mcp-virustotal vs everything

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	mcp-virustotal by BurtTheCoder	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 125	★ 85,748
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Score	49	77
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Categories	SecurityDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	2 mo ago	this month

mcp-virustotal · Summary

MCP server for VirusTotal API providing comprehensive security analysis tools with automatic relationship data fetching.

everything · Summary

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

mcp-virustotal · Use cases

Security researchers can analyze URLs, files, IPs, and domains for potential threats
Developers can integrate security checks into their applications using VirusTotal data
Security operations teams can automate threat intelligence gathering and analysis workflows

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

mcp-virustotal · Install

Installation

Claude Desktop

claude mcp add --transport stdio --env VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY=your-key virustotal -- npx -y @burtthecoder/mcp-virustotal

Configuration

Add to Claude Desktop configuration (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "virustotal": {
      "command": "mcp-virustotal",
      "env": {
        "VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY": "your-virustotal-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Manual Installation

npm install -g @burtthecoder/mcp-virustotal

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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