Filesystem MCP

io.github.j0hanz/filesystem-mcp·v1.19.1·Filesystem

Quality Score

100

/100

Secure filesystem MCP server for reading, writing, searching, diffing, and patching files.

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§01 Install

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@j0hanz/filesystem-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@j0hanz/filesystem-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y @j0hanz/filesystem-mcp

Claude Desktop (Docker)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/j0hanz/filesystem-mcp:1.19.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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