llmwiki vs everything

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	llmwiki by lucasastorian	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 908	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	52	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	AI / LLM ToolsKnowledge GraphProductivity	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

llmwiki · Summary

LLM Wiki is an MCP server that indexes local documents and enables Claude to build and maintain a knowledge wiki.

everything · Summary

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

llmwiki · Use cases

Academic research management and literature review synthesis
Personal knowledge base building and concept mapping
Automated documentation generation for project repositories

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

llmwiki · Install

# Clone and setup
git clone https://github.com/lucasastorian/llmwiki.git
cd llmwiki

cd api && python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt
cd .. && cd web && npm install && cd ..

# Initialize workspace
./llmwiki init ~/research

# Start servers
./llmwiki serve ~/research

# Generate Claude Desktop config
./llmwiki mcp-config ~/research

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "llmwiki-research": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "llmwiki", "mcp", "~/research"]
    }
  }
}

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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