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ggui
by ggui-ai
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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ggui · Summary

ggui is an MCP-UI protocol that generates rich interactive interfaces on demand between AI agents and humans.

everything · Summary

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

ggui · Use cases

  • AI agents creating custom UIs on-the-fly for user interaction
  • Building no-code interfaces for AI-powered applications
  • Replacing traditional UI development with natural language descriptions

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

ggui · Install

# Install the CLI
npm install -g @ggui-ai/cli

# Create a new server
npm create ggui-server@latest my-app
cd my-app
npm install

# Start the server
npx ggui serve

For Claude Desktop, add this to your config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ggui": {
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:6781/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer dev" }
    }
  }
}

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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