everything vs dexto

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	dexto by truffle-ai
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 620
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Score	77	51
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Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsProductivity
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

everything · Summary

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

dexto · Summary

A TypeScript-based agent harness that includes MCP server capabilities for building and orchestrating AI applications.

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

dexto · Use cases

Building autonomous coding agents that can read, write, and refactor code
Creating multi-agent systems that collaborate on complex tasks
Developing MCP servers to expose tools, files, and APIs via the Model Context Protocol
Building digital companions with persistent memory and context awareness

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

dexto · Install

Installation

# macOS / Linux / WSL (native installer, recommended)
curl -fsSL https://dexto.ai/install | bash

# Windows PowerShell
irm https://dexto.ai/install.ps1 | iex

# Or build from source
git clone https://github.com/truffle-ai/dexto.git
cd dexto && pnpm install && pnpm install-cli

Running as MCP Server

# Start as MCP server
npx dexto --mode mcp --agent coding-agent --auto-approve --no-elicitation

Claude Desktop Integration

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dexto": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "dexto", "--mode", "mcp", "--agent", "coding-agent", "--auto-approve", "--no-elicitation"]
    }
  }
}

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