Charles-mcp vs everything
Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.
Charles-mcp by heizaheiza | everything by modelcontextprotocol | |
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| Stars | ★ 233 | ★ 85,748 |
| 30d uses | — | — |
| Score | 51 | 77 |
| Official | — | ✓ |
| Categories | Developer ToolsSecurityMonitoring | Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther |
| Language | Python | TypeScript |
| Last commit | 1 mo ago | this month |
Charles-mcp · Summary
A production-ready MCP server for integrating Charles Proxy with AI agents, enabling real-time traffic capture and analysis.
everything · Summary
Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.
Charles-mcp · Use cases
- Real-time API monitoring and analysis for security research
- Reverse engineering authentication mechanisms and APIs
- Automated network traffic inspection for testing and debugging
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
Charles-mcp · Install
Quick Installation
- Ensure Charles Proxy is running with Web Interface enabled (Proxy → Web Interface Settings, username: admin, password: 123456)
- For Claude Desktop:
{
"mcpServers": {
"charles": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["charles-mcp"],
"env": {
"CHARLES_USER": "admin",
"CHARLES_PASS": "123456",
"CHARLES_MANAGE_LIFECYCLE": "false"
}
}
}
}- For Claude Code CLI:
claude mcp add-json charles '{
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["charles-mcp"],
"env": {
"CHARLES_USER": "admin",
"CHARLES_PASS": "123456",
"CHARLES_MANAGE_LIFECYCLE": "false"
}
}'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