Filesystem Context MCP Server

@j0hanz/filesystem-mcp

🔍 Read-only MCP server for secure filesystem exploration, searching, and analysis

10 188/wk GitHub npm

No known CVEs

MIT license

Actively maintained

Last commit 21d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, http

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Grade F

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

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What Filesystem Context MCP Server does

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

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Is Filesystem Context MCP Server safe to use?: Filesystem Context MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Filesystem Context MCP Server?: Filesystem Context MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with Filesystem Context MCP Server?: Filesystem Context MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is Filesystem Context MCP Server actively maintained?: Filesystem Context MCP Server is actively maintained — last commit was 21 days ago. It has 10 GitHub stars.

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Overview

A secure, production-ready Model Context Protocol server that gives AI assistants controlled access to the local filesystem. All operations are sandboxed to explicitly allowed directories with path traversal prevention, sensitive file blocking, and optional Bearer token authentication.

Supports stdio (default) and Node Streamable HTTP transport. HTTP sessions are implemented with isolated per-session server state. The HTTP transport is stateful by default and currently non-resumable; it does not persist an event store for Last-Event-ID replay.

Key Features

18 filesystem tools — read, write, search, diff, patch, hash, and bulk operations with structured output schemas

Security-first — path validation, symlink escape prevention, sensitive file denylist, localhost-only CORS, Host header validation for loopback HTTP binds, optional API key auth

Dual transport — stdio for local use, Node Streamable HTTP for networked/multi-session deployments

Structured output — all tools return typed outputSchema / structuredContent for reliable LLM parsing

Self-documenting — 6 built-in resources (internal://instructions, `internal://tool-ca

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Filesystem Context MCP Server safe to use?

Filesystem Context MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Filesystem Context MCP Server?

Filesystem Context MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What AI clients work with Filesystem Context MCP Server?

Filesystem Context MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.

Is Filesystem Context MCP Server actively maintained?

Filesystem Context MCP Server is actively maintained — last commit was 21 days ago. It has 10 GitHub stars.

Filesystem MCP Server

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

Overview
Key Features
Quick Start — Docker · CLI Usage
Client Configuration
Use Cases
Architecture
MCP Surface — Tools · Resources · Prompts
MCP Capabilities — Tool Annotations · Structured Output
Configuration — HTTP & Auth · File Size Limits · Access Control · Output & Inline Limits · Tasks · Logging & Diagnostics · Performance
HTTP Endpoints
Security
Development
Troubleshooting
Credits
Contributing and License

Overview

Key Features

18 filesystem tools — read, write, search, diff, patch, hash, and bulk operations with structured output schemas
Security-first — path validation, symlink escape prevention, sensitive file denylist, localhost-only CORS, Host header validation for loopback HTTP binds, optional API key auth
Dual transport — stdio for local use, Node Streamable HTTP for networked/multi-session deployments
Structured output — all tools return typed outputSchema / structuredContent for reliable LLM parsing
Self-documenting — 6 built-in resources (internal://instructions, `internal://tool-ca

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Filesystem Context MCP Server

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