zettelkasten-mcp vs everything

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	zettelkasten-mcp by entanglr	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	13 mo ago	this month

zettelkasten-mcp · Summary

Zettelkasten MCP server enables atomic note creation, linking, and exploration through MCP protocol for knowledge management.

everything · Summary

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

zettelkasten-mcp · Use cases

Academic researchers managing literature reviews and connecting theoretical concepts
Writers and content creators building knowledge graphs for complex narratives
Personal knowledge management for lifelong learning and idea development

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

zettelkasten-mcp · Install

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/entanglr/zettelkasten-mcp.git
cd zettelkasten-mcp

# Create a virtual environment with uv
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
uv add "mcp[cli]"

# Install devenuv sync --all-extras

Configure Claude Desktop:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zettelkasten": {
      "command": "/absolute/path/to/zettelkasten-mcp/.venv/bin/python",
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "zettelkasten_mcp.main"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZETTELKASTEN_NOTES_DIR": "/absolute/path/to/zettelkasten-mcp/data/notes",
        "ZETTELKASTEN_DATABASE_PATH": "/absolute/path/to/zettelkasten-mcp/data/db/zettelkasten.db",
        "ZETTELKASTEN_LOG_LEVEL": "INFO"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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