everything vs git

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	git by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	77	75
Official	✓	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	Developer ToolsFile SystemProductivity
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

everything · Summary

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

git · Summary

A comprehensive MCP server for Git operations with status viewing, diffing, commits, and branch management.

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

git · Use cases

AI-powered Git repository analysis and management
Automated code review through diff examination
Branch management and workflow automation

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

git · Install

Using uv (recommended)

When using [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) no specific installation is needed. Use [uvx](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/tools/) to directly run the server:

uvx mcp-server-git --repository path/to/git/repo

Using PIP

Alternatively you can install mcp-server-git via pip:

pip install mcp-server-git

After installation, run it as:

python -m mcp_server_git

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

"mcpServers": {
  "git": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["mcp-server-git", "--repository", "path/to/git/repo"]
  }
}

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