hasmcp-ce vs everything

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	hasmcp-ce by hasmcp	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Score	40	77
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Categories	Developer Toolsapi-integrationOps & Infra	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Go	TypeScript
Last commit	4 mo ago	this month

hasmcp-ce · Summary

HasMCP-CE converts API endpoints to MCP servers without code using OpenAPI specs.

everything · Summary

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

hasmcp-ce · Use cases

Convert existing REST API endpoints to MCP servers for integration with AI models
Create MCP servers for internal APIs without writing custom MCP implementations
Manage multiple API endpoints as MCP tools with authentication and proxying

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

hasmcp-ce · Install

Installation

Using Docker (Recommended)

Create directories:

mkdir hasmcp
cd hasmcp
mkdir -p _certs _storage
chmod 0777 _certs _storage

Download environment file:

wget https://github.com/hasmcp/hasmcp-ce/blob/main/backend/cmd/server/.env.example -O .env

Run with Docker:

docker stop hasmcp-ce || true; \
  docker rm hasmcp-ce || true; \
  docker image prune -f; \
  docker pull hasmcp/hasmcp-ce:latest; \
  docker run --env-file .env -p 80:80 -p 443:443 --name hasmcp-ce \
    -v ./_certs:/_certs \
    -v ./_storage:/_storage \
    -d --restart always hasmcp/hasmcp-ce:latest

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to Claude Desktop config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hasmcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "--rm", "hasmcp/hasmcp-ce:latest"]
    }
  }
}

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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