mcp-streamable-http vs everything

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	mcp-streamable-http by invariantlabs-ai	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 129	★ 85,748
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Score	42	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsCommunication	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	12 mo ago	this month

mcp-streamable-http · Summary

Python and TypeScript MCP server examples implementing Streamable HTTP protocol for cross-language communication.

everything · Summary

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

mcp-streamable-http · Use cases

Building cross-language MCP server implementations
Creating HTTP-based MCP transport layer
Developing weather information MCP services

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

mcp-streamable-http · Install

Installation

Python Example

git clone https://github.com/invariantlabs-ai/mcp-streamable-http.git
cd python-example/server
pip install .
python weather.py

TypeScript Example

cd typescript-example/server
npm install && npm run build
node build/index.js

Claude Desktop Integration

Add to Claude Desktop config.json:

"mcpServers": {
  "streamable-http": {
    "command": "node",
    "args": ["/path/to/build/index.js"],
    "env": {
      "PORT": "8123"
    }
  }
}

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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