browser-use-mcp-server vs everything

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	browser-use-mcp-server by kontext-security	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 822	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	49	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Browser AutomationWeb ScrapingAI / LLM Tools	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	10 mo ago	this month

browser-use-mcp-server · Summary

MCP server enabling AI agents to control web browsers with browser-use.

everything · Summary

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

browser-use-mcp-server · Use cases

Automating web scraping for data collection
AI agents performing website testing and validation
Enabling AI to research and analyze online content

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

browser-use-mcp-server · Install

Installation

Prerequisites

uv - Fast Python package manager
Playwright - Browser automation
mcp-proxy - Required for stdio mode

# Install prerequisites
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
uv tool install mcp-proxy
uv tool update-shell

Environment

Create a .env file with:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your-api-key
CHROME_PATH=optional/path/to/chrome
PATIENT=false

Install dependencies

uv sync
uv pip install playwright
uv run playwright install --with-deps --no-shell chromium

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "browser-server": {
      "command": "browser-use-mcp-server",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "server",
        "--port",
        "8000",
        "--stdio",
        "--proxy-port",
        "9000"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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