everything vs mcp-api-gateway

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	mcp-api-gateway by rflpazini
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everything · Summary

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

mcp-api-gateway · Summary

Universal MCP server that converts any API with Swagger/OpenAPI specs into Claude Desktop tools via Docker.

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-api-gateway · Use cases

Integrate enterprise APIs with Claude Desktop without custom tool development
Enable Claude to interact with multiple API services in a single session
Automate API interactions through natural language prompts in 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

mcp-api-gateway · Install

Using Docker MCP Toolkit (Recommended)

Install Docker Desktop
Get the MCP server from Docker MCP Toolkit
Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "my-api": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run", "--rm", "-i", "--pull", "always",
        "-e", "API_1_NAME=my-api",
        "-e", "API_1_SWAGGER_URL=https://api.example.com/swagger.json",
        "-e", "API_1_BASE_URL=https://api.example.com/v1",
        "-e", "API_1_HEADER_AUTHORIZATION=Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
        "rflpazini/mcp-api-gateway:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using npx

API_1_NAME=my-api \
API_1_SWAGGER_URL=https://api.example.com/swagger.json \
API_1_BASE_URL=https://api.example.com/v1 \
npx mcp-api-gateway

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