everything vs mcp-gateway

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	mcp-gateway by unrelated-ai
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Language	TypeScript	Rust
Last commit	this month	1 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

mcp-gateway · Summary

A gateway solution that transforms any HTTP endpoint into MCP servers, offering multi-tenant isolation and centralized management.

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

mcp-gateway · Use cases

Transforming existing REST APIs into MCP tools for AI assistants
Aggregating multiple backend services into a unified tool interface
Creating tenant-specific MCP endpoints with different access levels

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

mcp-gateway · Install

Installation

Quick Start (Docker)

# Download the compose file
curl -fsSL -o mcp-gateway-compose.yml \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unrelated-ai/mcp-gateway/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml

# Start the stack
GATEWAY_VERSION=0.12.3 UI_VERSION=0.8.2 \
  docker compose -f mcp-gateway-compose.yml up -d

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to Claude Desktop config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gateway-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "--rm", "ghcr.io/unrelated-ai/mcp-gateway:latest"],
      "env": {
        "PROFILE_ID": "your-profile-id"
      }
    }
  }
}

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