elysia-mcp-starter vs everything

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	elysia-mcp-starter by kerlos	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	11 mo ago	this month

elysia-mcp-starter · Summary

A starter template for building MCP servers with Elysia and Bun runtime.

everything · Summary

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

elysia-mcp-starter · Use cases

Rapidly prototype new MCP servers with pre-configured setup
Develop custom tools and resources for specific LLM applications
Integrate MCP functionality into ElysiaJS applications

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

elysia-mcp-starter · Install

Installation

Option 1: Using Bun Create (Recommended)

# Create a new project from the starter template
bun create https://github.com/kerlos/elysia-mcp-starter my-mcp-project

# Navigate to the project
cd my-mcp-project

# Install dependencies
bun install

# Start development server
bun run dev

Option 2: Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/kerlos/elysia-mcp-starter.git
cd elysia-mcp-starter
bun install
bun run dev

The MCP server will be available at:

Server: http://localhost:3000
MCP endpoint: http://localhost:3000/mcp

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysia-mcp-starter": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "http://localhost:3000/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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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