everything vs cursor-rust-tools

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	cursor-rust-tools by terhechte
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 83
30d uses	—	—
Score	77	40
Official	✓	—
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	Developer ToolsAI / LLM Tools
Language	TypeScript	Rust
Last commit	this month	12 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

cursor-rust-tools · Summary

MCP server enabling Rust LLMs to access Rust Analyzer, Crate Docs, and Cargo commands in Cursor.

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

cursor-rust-tools · Use cases

Enable AI coding assistants to provide accurate Rust type information and documentation in Cursor
Allow AI agents to run cargo check and test commands for real-time validation
Integrate up-to-date dependency documentation into AI coding workflows

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

cursor-rust-tools · Install

Installation

cargo install --git https://github.com/terhechte/cursor-rust-tools

Run with UI

cursor-rust-tools

Run without UI

cursor-rust-tools --no-ui

Configuration

Create a ~/.cursor-rust-tools configuration file with TOML format:

[[projects]]
root = "/path/to/your/rust/project"
ignore_crates = []

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cursor-rust-tools": {
      "command": "cursor-rust-tools",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

Then configure your project with a .cursor/mcp.json file to enable the server for specific projects.

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