LeanKG vs everything

Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.

	LeanKG by FreePeak	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 188	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	50	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsKnowledge Graph	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Rust	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

LeanKG · Summary

LeanKG is a local-first knowledge graph that indexes codebases and exposes them via MCP for AI-assisted development with significant token savings.

everything · Summary

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

LeanKG · Use cases

AI-assisted code analysis with reduced token consumption by targeting specific code subgraphs
Impact radius calculation before making code changes
Code dependency visualization and community detection in large codebases
Annotation-based code search and traceability

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

LeanKG · Install

Installation

One-Line Install (Recommended)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreePeak/LeanKG/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- <target>

Supported targets include: cursor, claude, opencode, kilo, antigravity, gemini, codex

Install via Cargo

cargo install leankg && leankg --version

Claude Code Integration

# Install with Claude Code hooks
leankg setup
# Restart Claude Code or run:
/reload-plugins

Configuration

LeanKG creates MCP configuration during setup. For manual setup, see docs/mcp-tools.md for MCP server configuration.

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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