everything vs beanquery-mcp

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	beanquery-mcp by vanto
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Score	77	36
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Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	FinanceAI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Tools
Language	TypeScript	Python
Last commit	this month	14 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

beanquery-mcp · Summary

Experimental MCP server for AI assistants to query Beancount financial ledgers using BQL.

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

beanquery-mcp · Use cases

AI assistants analyzing personal finance patterns from Beancount ledgers
Automated financial report generation using BQL queries
Integration of financial data with other AI-powered productivity 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

beanquery-mcp · Install

Installation

Prerequisites

Python 3.10 or later
[uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) for managing Python projects

Running the Server

**Development Mode:**

mcp dev server.py

**Claude Desktop Integration:**

uv run mcp install server.py --with beancount --with beanquery

With environment variable:

uv run mcp install server.py -v BEANCOUNT_LEDGER=/path/to/your/ledger.bean --with beancount --with beanquery

In Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "beancount": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "mcp", "install", "server.py"],
      "env": {
        "BEANCOUNT_LEDGER": "/path/to/your/ledger.bean"
      }
    }
  }
}

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