ols4 vs everything
Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.
ols4 by EBISPOT | everything by modelcontextprotocol | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | ★ 89 | ★ 85,748 |
| 30d uses | — | — |
| Score | 47 | 77 |
| Official | — | ✓ |
| Categories | Knowledge GraphDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools | Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther |
| Language | Java | TypeScript |
| Last commit | this month | this month |
ols4 · Summary
EMBL-EBI's Ontology Lookup Service provides an MCP server for biomedical ontologies via REST API.
everything · Summary
Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.
ols4 · Use cases
- Biomedical researchers querying ontology terms and relationships
- Bioinformatics tool developers integrating ontology data into applications
- Data standardization projects enforcing controlled vocabularies
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
ols4 · Install
Installation
- **Docker Compose (Recommended)**:
``bash HOST_UID=$(id -u) HOST_GID=$(id -g) docker compose up ``
- **Kubernetes with Helm**:
``bash export KUBECONFIG=<K8S_CONFIG> helm install ols4 <OLS4_DIR>/k8chart/ols4 --set imageTag=dev ``
- **Claude Desktop Configuration**:
Add to your Claude Desktop config.json: ``json { "mcpServers": { "ols": { "command": "curl", "args": ["-s", "https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/api/mcp"] } } } ``
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