everything vs byob

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

	everything by modelcontextprotocol	byob by wxtsky
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 121
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Score	77	49
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Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	Browser AutomationDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

everything · Summary

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

byob · Summary

byob is a local MCP server that lets AI assistants control your existing Chrome browser with all your logged-in sessions.

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

byob · Use cases

AI assistants reading and summarizing content from websites where you're already logged in
Automating interactions with web applications without dealing with authentication
Extracting data from web pages and converting to structured formats
Taking screenshots of web content for documentation

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

byob · Install

Installation

Quick install (recommended)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxtsky/byob/main/install.sh | bash

The script checks prerequisites (Node.js ≥ 20, bun, Chrome), clones the repo, builds everything, and walks you through MCP registration interactively.

Manual install

git clone https://github.com/wxtsky/byob
cd byob
bun install
bun run setup

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "byob": {
      "command": "/path/to/tsx",
      "args": ["/path/to/byob-mcp.ts"]
    }
  }
}

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