qdrant-mcp-server vs everything

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	qdrant-mcp-server by mhalder	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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qdrant-mcp-server · Summary

MCP server for semantic search using Qdrant vector database with multiple embedding providers.

everything · Summary

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

qdrant-mcp-server · Use cases

Semantic code search in large codebases with AST-aware chunking
Git history search to find past changes, fixes, and patterns
Building knowledge bases and RAG applications with local vector storage
Cross-repository federated search with Reciprocal Rank Fusion

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

qdrant-mcp-server · Install

Installation

Prerequisites

Node.js 22.x or 24.x
Podman or Docker with Compose support

Steps

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/mhalder/qdrant-mcp-server.git
cd qdrant-mcp-server
npm install

# Start services
podman compose up -d   # Using Podman
docker compose up -d   # Using Docker

# Pull the embedding model
podman exec ollama ollama pull nomic-embed-text

# Build
npm run build

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to ~/.claude.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qdrant": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/qdrant-mcp-server/build/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

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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