mcp-video vs everything

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

	mcp-video by KyaniteLabs	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 18	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	44	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	MediaDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

mcp-video · Summary

Video editing MCP server with 103 tools for FFmpeg operations, AI-assisted media processing, and local repurposing.

everything · Summary

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

mcp-video · Use cases

Automate social media content creation from longer videos
Produce podcast highlights with audio normalization and chapters
Generate cinematic videos with style scaffolding and shot prompts

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-video · Install

Installation

Prerequisite: [FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/) must be installed and available on PATH.

# macOS
brew install ffmpeg

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install ffmpeg

Run without a global install:

uvx --from mcp-video mcp-video doctor

Or install with pip:

pip install mcp-video
mcp-video doctor

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-video": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "mcp-video", "mcp-video"]
    }
  }
}

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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