everything vs Remote-MCP

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	Remote-MCP by ssut
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Score	77	41
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Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	AI / LLM ToolsDeveloper ToolsOps & Infra
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	14 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

Remote-MCP · Summary

Type-safe remote MCP communication solution enabling centralized management of model contexts.

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

Remote-MCP · Use cases

Centralized management of multiple MCP servers from a single client
Remote access to MCP tools across different networks
Creating distributed MCP architectures for scalable AI applications

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

Remote-MCP · Install

Installation

Client Installation

npm install @remote-mcp/client @trpc/client@next zod

Server Installation

npm install @remote-mcp/server

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "remote-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@remote-mcp/client"],
      "env": {
        "REMOTE_MCP_URL": "http://localhost:9512",
        "HTTP_HEADER_Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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