everything vs wcgw

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	wcgw by rusiaaman
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Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	Developer ToolsFile SystemAI / LLM Tools
Language	TypeScript	Python
Last commit	this month	1 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

wcgw · Summary

An MCP server providing shell and code editing tools with interactive terminal access for AI agents.

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

wcgw · Use cases

AI-assisted software development with iterative code execution and debugging
Automated file system operations and batch processing through AI commands
Interactive shell access with the ability to resume and share task checkpoints

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

wcgw · Install

Installation

**Mac and Linux**

Install uv using homebrew: brew install uv
Create or update claude_desktop_config.json in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/ with:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wcgw": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--python", "3.12", "wcgw@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop

**Windows (WSL)**

Install [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/)
Update claude_desktop_config.json in %APPDATA%\Claude\ with:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wcgw": {
      "command": "wsl.exe",
      "args": ["uvx", "--python", "3.12", "wcgw@latest"]
    }
  }
}

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