everything vs 1mcp

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	1mcp by slzcdhd
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everything · Summary

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

1mcp · Summary

1mcp is a central proxy server that aggregates multiple MCP servers into a unified interface.

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

1mcp · Use cases

Organizing multiple MCP servers into a single endpoint for client applications
Distributing MCP capabilities across different physical machines or environments
Providing failover and load balancing for MCP server clusters

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

1mcp · Install

Installation

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+
npm or yarn

Setup

Clone and install dependencies:

git clone <repository-url>
cd 1mcp
npm install

Build the project:

npm run build

Create configuration file:

cp config/mcp_servers.json.example config/mcp_servers.json

Start the server:

npm start

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "1mcp": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["<path-to-1mcp>/dist/main.js"],
      "env": {
        "CONFIG_PATH": "<path-to-config>/mcp_servers.json"
      }
    }
  }
}

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