mcpshim vs everything

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

	mcpshim by mcpshim	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 59	★ 85,748
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Score	46	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsProductivityAI / LLM Tools	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Go	TypeScript
Last commit	3 mo ago	this month

mcpshim · Summary

MCPShim turns remote MCP servers into local CLI commands, handling auth and tool invocation in one daemon.

everything · Summary

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

mcpshim · Use cases

LLM agents can call MCP tools through simple CLI commands without needing to handle auth or transport details
Script automation workflows can use any MCP server as native shell commands with automatic argument mapping
Development teams can centralize MCP server management and tool invocation across different agents

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

mcpshim · Install

Installation

Install from source:

go install github.com/mcpshim/mcpshim/cmd/mcpshimd@latest
go install github.com/mcpshim/mcpshim/cmd/mcpshim@latest

Configure:

mkdir -p ~/.config/mcpshim
cp configs/mcpshim.example.yaml ~/.config/mcpshim/config.yaml

Start daemon:

mcpshimd

Use the CLI:

mcpshim servers
mcpshim tools --server notion
mcpshim call --server notion --tool search --query "projects"

For Claude Desktop, add to config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpshim": {
      "command": "mcpshimd",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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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