hermes-mcp vs everything
Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.
hermes-mcp by cloudwalk | everything by modelcontextprotocol | |
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| Stars | ★ 368 | ★ 85,748 |
| 30d uses | — | — |
| Score | 50 | 77 |
| Official | — | ✓ |
| Categories | AI / LLM ToolsDeveloper ToolsCommunication | Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther |
| Language | Elixir | TypeScript |
| Last commit | this month | this month |
hermes-mcp · Summary
A high-performance Elixir SDK providing complete MCP client and server implementations with Elixir's concurrency and fault tolerance.
everything · Summary
Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.
hermes-mcp · Use cases
- Building MCP servers for Elixir/Phoenix applications
- Creating MCP clients to connect to external services
- Implementing high-performance AI tool integrations with Elixir
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
hermes-mcp · Install
Installation
Add hermes_mcp to your dependencies in mix.exs:
def deps do
[
{:hermes_mcp, "~> 0.14.1"}
]
endFor Claude Desktop
Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"hermes-elixir": {
"command": "elixir",
"args": ["--no-halt", "path/to/your/server.exs"]
}
}
}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