everything vs toolhive-registry-server

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	toolhive-registry-server by stacklok
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everything · Summary

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

toolhive-registry-server · Summary

A registry server that discovers, governs and controls access to MCP servers and skills across organizations.

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

toolhive-registry-server · Use cases

Centralized governance of MCP servers across large organizations with multiple teams
Aggregating MCP servers from both public registries and internal sources with unified access control
Providing different views of the same MCP servers to different teams based on their roles and needs

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

toolhive-registry-server · Install

Installation

Prerequisites

Go 1.26 or later (for building from source)
Task (for build automation)
PostgreSQL 16+

Build from source

task build

Run

# Run with Git source
thv-registry-api serve --config examples/config-git.yaml

# Run with local file
thv-registry-api serve --config examples/config-file.yaml

Docker

task docker-up

Claude Desktop Integration

Add to Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "toolhive": {
      "command": "thv-registry-api",
      "args": ["serve", "--config", "path/to/config.yaml"]
    }
  }
}

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