everything vs OpenStudy

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	OpenStudy by OpenStudy-dev
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 66
30d uses	—	—
Score	77	46
Official	✓	—
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	ProductivityAI / LLM Toolseducation
Language	TypeScript	Python
Last commit	this month	this month

everything · Summary

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

OpenStudy · Summary

A self-hostable study dashboard with a built-in MCP server that enhances Claude's effectiveness for academic tasks.

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

OpenStudy · Use cases

During lectures, have Claude read course materials from your dashboard without uploading files
Automatically update study progress and topics through natural language commands
Create and manage course schedules, deliverables, and tasks directly via Claude

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

OpenStudy · Install

Installation Steps

**Prerequisites**: Docker + Docker Compose v2.30+, Node 20+, pnpm
**Clone repository**: git clone https://github.com/openstudy-dev/OpenStudy
**Install dependencies**: cd OpenStudy && cd web && pnpm install && cd ..
**Setup environment**: cp .env.example .env and fill in required values
**Deploy**: ./deploy.sh

**Claude Desktop Integration**: Add to Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openstudy": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "python", "-m", "app.server.mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OPENSTUDY_BASE_URL": "http://localhost:8000"
      }
    }
  }
}

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