mcp-scan vs everything

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

	mcp-scan by mltrev23	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	SecurityDeveloper ToolsMonitoring	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	10 mo ago	this month

mcp-scan · Summary

MCP-Scan is a security tool that statically and dynamically scans MCP connections for vulnerabilities like prompt injection and tool poisoning.

everything · Summary

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

mcp-scan · Use cases

Security auditing of MCP servers before deployment in production environments
Real-time monitoring of MCP traffic in development and testing environments
Enforcing custom security policies on MCP tool calls and responses

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-scan · Install

Install via pip:

pip install mcp-scan

For quick usage:

uvx mcp-scan@latest scan

To use as a proxy:

mcp-scan proxy

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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