goku vs everything

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

	goku by jcaromiq	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 145	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	48	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsMonitoringOps & Infra	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Rust	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

goku · Summary

Goku is a Rust-based HTTP load testing tool with MCP server integration for automated benchmarking.

everything · Summary

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

goku · Use cases

Automated performance testing integrated into CI/CD pipelines
LLM-driven load testing where an AI agent can execute and analyze benchmark tests
Comparing performance before and after code changes using the compare subcommand

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

goku · Install

Installation

Automatic download

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jcaromiq/goku/v3.0.0/scripts/install.sh | sh

Using Cargo

cargo install goku-bench
goku --version

MCP Server Installation

cargo install goku-mcp

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "goku": {
      "command": "goku-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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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