everything vs tiger-cli

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	tiger-cli by timescale
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 108
30d uses	—	—
Score	77	49
Official	✓	—
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	DatabaseDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools
Language	TypeScript	Go
Last commit	this month	this month

everything · Summary

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

tiger-cli · Summary

Command-line interface for Tiger Cloud with MCP server for AI assistants to manage Postgres services and execute queries.

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

tiger-cli · Use cases

AI assistants like Claude Code managing PostgreSQL services through Tiger Cloud
Developers executing SQL queries on remote databases via MCP integration
Automating database service lifecycle operations with AI coding tools

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

tiger-cli · Install

Installation

Install Tiger CLI using one of the following methods:

Script (macOS/Linux/WSL)

curl -fsSL https://cli.tigerdata.com | sh

Windows

irm https://cli.tigerdata.com/install.ps1 | iex

Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

brew install --cask timescale/tap/tiger-cli

MCP Server Setup

After installing Tiger CLI, authenticate and install the MCP server:

tiger auth login
tiger mcp install

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiger": {
      "command": "tiger",
      "args": [
        "mcp",
        "start"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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