pitlane-mcp vs everything

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	pitlane-mcp by eresende	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 73	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	48	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsSearch	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Rust	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

pitlane-mcp · Summary

Token-efficient code intelligence MCP server that indexes code once and lets agents retrieve only needed symbols.

everything · Summary

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

pitlane-mcp · Use cases

AI coding agents working with large codebases need efficient symbol lookup without processing entire files
Code analysis tasks that require understanding execution paths and impact of changes
Development teams using AI assistants that need to minimize token usage while maintaining code context

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

pitlane-mcp · Install

Installation

Download a pre-built binary from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/eresende/pitlane-mcp/releases/latest) for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Or install via Homebrew:

brew tap eresende/pitlane-mcp
brew install pitlane-mcp

Or install via cargo-binstall:

cargo binstall pitlane-mcp

Or install from crates.io:

cargo install pitlane-mcp

Claude Desktop Setup

Add to Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pitlane-mcp": {
      "command": "pitlane-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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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