inspector vs everything

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

	inspector by MCPJam	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 1,944	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	56	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsMonitoring	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

inspector · Summary

MCPJam is a comprehensive development platform for debugging, inspecting, and evaluating MCP servers and apps.

everything · Summary

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

inspector · Use cases

Debugging MCP servers with full trace visibility into tool calls and context
Evaluating MCP servers across multiple LLMs to catch regressions early
Testing OAuth flows and server capabilities programmatically via CLI and SDK

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

inspector · Install

Quick Start

Hosted Web App: Open [app.mcpjam.com](https://app.mcpjam.com) in your browser. No install needed.

Desktop App: Download the installer for your OS:

[Mac](https://github.com/MCPJam/inspector/releases/latest/download/MCPJam.Inspector.dmg)
[Windows](https://github.com/MCPJam/inspector/releases/latest/download/MCPJam-Inspector-Setup.exe)

Terminal:

npx @mcpjam/inspector@latest

After it starts, open the printed localhost URL in your browser.

Docker:

docker run -p 127.0.0.1:6274:6274 mcpjam/mcp-inspector

The app is available at http://127.0.0.1:6274.

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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