everything vs mxcp

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	mxcp by raw-labs
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 67
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Score	77	47
Official	✓	—
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	Developer ToolsOps & InfraAI / LLM Tools
Language	TypeScript	Python
Last commit	this month	this month

everything · Summary

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

mxcp · Summary

MXCP is an enterprise-grade framework for building production-ready MCP servers with data modeling, security policies, and comprehensive testing.

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

mxcp · Use cases

Enterprise data access with fine-grained security policies and audit trails
Hybrid data analysis combining SQL for queries and Python for complex ML models
Production AI applications with drift detection, monitoring, and compliance logging

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

mxcp · Install

Installation

# Install MXCP
pip install mxcp

# Initialize a new project
mkdir my-ai-tools && cd my-ai-tools
mxcp init --bootstrap

# Start serving your tools
mxcp serve

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add this to your Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "my-tools": {
      "command": "mxcp",
      "args": ["serve", "--transport", "stdio"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/my-ai-tools"
    }
  }
}

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