everything vs ida-headless-mcp

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	everything by modelcontextprotocol	ida-headless-mcp by zboralski
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 115
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Score	77	47
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Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	Developer ToolsSecurityAI / LLM Tools
Language	TypeScript	Python
Last commit	this month	3 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

ida-headless-mcp · Summary

A headless IDA Pro binary analysis server providing 52 MCP tools for reverse engineering with multi-session concurrency.

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

ida-headless-mcp · Use cases

Automated binary analysis in reverse engineering workflows
Security auditing of compiled software binaries
Integration of IDA Pro capabilities with AI assistants for code analysis
Malware analysis through AI-assisted reverse engineering

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

ida-headless-mcp · Install

Installation

Clone the repository:

``bash git clone <repo-url> cd ida-headless-mcp ``

Run setup:

``bash make setup `` This automatically sets up idalib, installs Python dependencies, and builds the Go server.

Start the server:

``bash ./bin/ida-mcp-server `` The server runs on port 17300 by default.

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ida-headless": {
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:17300/",
      "type": "http"
    }
  }
}

Manual Setup

For troubleshooting or custom setup:

./scripts/setup_idalib.sh   # Setup idalib
make install-python         # Install Python dependencies
make build                  # Build Go server

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