everything vs MCP-PDF-Extractor-server

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	everything by modelcontextprotocol	MCP-PDF-Extractor-server by RayenMalouche
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Language	TypeScript	Java
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everything · Summary

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

MCP-PDF-Extractor-server · Summary

Java-based MCP server using Apache Tika to extract content and metadata from PDFs, DOCX and other documents.

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-PDF-Extractor-server · Use cases

Processing and extracting content from local documents in secure environments without internet access
Integrating document extraction capabilities into MCP-enabled AI assistants like Claude Desktop
Providing a REST API for web applications to serve styled HTML content from document files

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

MCP-PDF-Extractor-server · Install

Installation

**Prerequisites**:

- Java 23+ - Maven 3.6+

**Clone and Setup**:

``bash git clone https://github.com/RayenMalouche/MCP-PDF-Extractor-server.git cd MCP-PDF-Extractor-server mkdir files-to-extract mvn clean install ``

**Configure**:

Edit src/main/resources/application.properties if needed

**Run**:

```bash # HTTP/SSE mode mvn spring-boot:run

# STDIO mode mvn spring-boot:run -- --stdio ```

**Configure Claude Desktop** (for MCP usage):

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json: ``json { "mcpServers": { "tika-extractor": { "command": "java", "args": ["-jar", "path/to/your/target/TikaExtractorMCPServer-1.0.0.jar", "--stdio"] } } } ``

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