modelcontextprotocol/Filesystem MCP Server

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Node.js server implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) for filesystem operations.

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Version

vtypescript-servers-0.6.2

Repository

https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/filesystem

Homepage

https://modelcontextprotocol.io

GitHub Stars

64,896

License

MIT License

Last publish date

2024-12-04

Last update date

2025-08-19

Server configs

in claude desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/Users/username/Desktop,dst=/projects/Desktop",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/other/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/other/allowed/dir,ro",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/file.txt,dst=/projects/path/to/file.txt",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

via npx in claude desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/Users/username/Desktop",
        "/path/to/other/allowed/dir"
      ]
    }
  }
}

in vs code

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "filesystem": {
        "command": "docker",
        "args": [
          "run",
          "-i",
          "--rm",
          "--mount", "type=bind,src=${workspaceFolder},dst=/projects/workspace",
          "mcp/filesystem",
          "/projects"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

via npx in vs code

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "filesystem": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": [
          "-y",
          "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
          "${workspaceFolder}"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

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