everything vs pgmcp

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	pgmcp by subnetmarco
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everything · Summary

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

pgmcp · Summary

PGMCP is a production-ready MCP server that enables natural language queries to any PostgreSQL database with proper security controls.

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

pgmcp · Use cases

Business analysts can query e-commerce databases using natural language instead of writing complex SQL
Developers can quickly explore unfamiliar database schemas during development and debugging
Teams can share database access with non-technical stakeholders through AI assistants

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

pgmcp · Install

Installation

Download Pre-compiled Binaries

Go to [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/subnetmarco/pgmcp/releases)
Download the binary for your platform (Linux, macOS, Windows)
Extract and run:

# Example for macOS/Linux
tar xzf pgmcp_*.tar.gz
cd pgmcp_*
./pgmcp-server

Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

brew tap subnetmarco/homebrew-tap
brew install pgmcp

Environment Variables

export DATABASE_URL="postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/your-existing-db"
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-api-key"
./pgmcp-server

Claude Desktop Integration

Edit ~/.config/claude-desktop/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pgmcp": {
      "transport": {
        "type": "http",
        "url": "http://localhost:8080/mcp"
      }
    }
  }
}

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