chunkhound vs everything

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	chunkhound by chunkhound	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 1,258	★ 85,748
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Score	55	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsSearch	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

chunkhound · Summary

Local-first codebase intelligence tool with MCP integration for semantic code searching across 32+ languages.

everything · Summary

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

chunkhound · Use cases

Searching large monorepos with cross-team dependencies
Security-sensitive codebases requiring local-only processing
Multi-language projects needing consistent search capabilities

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

chunkhound · Install

Install uv package manager if needed: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
Install ChunkHound: uv tool install chunkhound
Create .chunkhound.json in project root with your API keys (optional for regex search)
Index your codebase: chunkhound index

For Claude Desktop integration, add to your config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chunkhound": {
      "command": "chunkhound",
      "args": ["serve"]
    }
  }
}

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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