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File System MCP servers

393 File System MCP servers indexed on awesomemcp.in. Every entry links to a live GitHub repository with a known author, is de-duplicated across the official MCP registry and community lists, and carries an automated vulnerability-check badge. Built by @modelcontextprotocol, @bytedance, @mark3labs, @JSONbored, @FifthWye and 371 other authors.

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18official
159one-click install

Top 60 File System MCP servers

  1. by @modelcontextprotocol · official · TypeScript · modelcontextprotocol/servers

    Direct local file system access.

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    2026-10-05
  2. MCP server for filesystem access

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    2026-09-24
  3. Local file system access.

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    ★ 693
    2025-11-24
  4. Search the HeyClaude directory of Claude Code agents, MCP servers, skills, and tools.

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    ★ 298
    2026-08-16
  5. A directory of product launch platforms: where your product qualifies and how each form is filled.

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    ★ 276
    2026-08-19
  6. by @pulsemcp · TypeScript · pulsemcp/mcp-servers

    MCP server for remote filesystem operations on cloud storage (Google Cloud Storage).

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    ★ 81
    2026-08-30
  7. Inspect local audio files — playback, metadata, loudness, spectrogram.

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    ★ 43
    2026-07-10
  8. Non-UTF-8 files: CP1251, CP1252, KOI8, ISO-8859, UTF-16, GBK auto-detected and preserved

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    ★ 24
    2026-09-28
  9. Lightning-fast Windows file search for AI agents via voidtools Everything's real-time NTFS index

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    2026-10-01
  10. by @j0hanz · TypeScript · j0hanz/filesystem-mcp

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

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    2026-10-02
  11. Inspect and manage local files and folders inside allowed roots on macOS.

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    ★ 21
    2026-10-05
  12. Large-file handling with chunking, navigation, streaming, regex search and LRU caching.

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    ★ 19
    2026-08-04
  13. Official MCP server for Brilliant Directories — manage members, posts, leads, reviews, and more.

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    ★ 17
    2026-09-13
  14. by @mindstone · TypeScript · mindstone/mcp-servers

    Microsoft 365 OneDrive files via Graph: list, search, get, upload, download, share, read text.

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    ★ 12
    2026-10-02
  15. by @flesler · TypeScript · flesler/mcp-files

    Enables agents to quickly find and edit code in a codebase with surgical precision. Find symbols, edit them everywhere.

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    ★ 10
    2026-08-06
  16. Sick of stitched-together services? Anythink is the all-in-one backend, configured with AI.

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    ★ 6
    2026-10-05
  17. Any file in, Markdown out — read only what matters.

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    ★ 6
    2026-03-20
  18. by @c47-inc · JavaScript · c47-inc/mcp-film

    Search the curated directory of MCP servers for AI filmmaking and plan a full production stack.

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    ★ 5
    2026-10-05
  19. Secure filesystem access for AI agents with configurable directory and file type restrictions

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    ★ 5
    2026-03-05
  20. Upload files to file.kiwi and get shareable links instantly.

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    ★ 5
    2026-03-28
  21. Local-only Python MCP server for the Files.com API.

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    ★ 3
    2026-10-03
  22. Read, create, and edit files.

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    2026-09-09
  23. by @flyfish-dev · TypeScript · flyfish-dev/file-ai

    Agent-ready local document context with stable anchors.

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    ★ 3
    2026-06-24
  24. PostgreSQL-backed virtual filesystem for agents: session isolation, shared stores, POSIX ops, RLS.

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    ★ 3
    2026-02-16
  25. AI phone number directory: query Voxie AI personas and third-party AI services such as ChatGPT and get webchat links.

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    ★ 3
    2026-01-19
  26. MCP server for listing and retrieving minimal valid blank files from blankfiles.com.

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    2026-06-03
  27. File system operations: read, write, search, copy and move, with path restrictions.

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    ★ 2
    2026-03-11
  28. Indexed ecommerce site directory — vendor lookups, brands by city/market/founder. 10 tools.

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    ★ 1
    2026-05-19
  29. Search 2,000+ AI tools: pricing, alternatives, comparisons, and live, dead or acquired status.

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    2026-07-04
  30. Discover x402 services, MCP servers and A2A agents by intent — agent-tools.cloud directory.

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    2026-10-05
  31. Secure MCP server for sandboxed filesystem operations with document parsing support.

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    ★ 1
    2026-05-25
  32. by @microsoft · official · Python · microsoft/markitdown

    Convert many file formats, local or remote, to Markdown for LLMs using MarkItDown.

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    2026-10-04
  33. by @opendatalab · official · Python · opendatalab/MinerU-Ecosystem

    Convert PDFs, Word and PowerPoint files, images and spreadsheets to Markdown via the MinerU document parsing API.

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    ★ 219
    2026-09-22
  34. by @vectorize-io · official · TypeScript · vectorize-io/vectorize-mcp-server

    Retrieval, private deep research, file-to-Markdown extraction and text chunking via Vectorize.

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    ★ 115
    2026-09-23
  35. by @backblaze-labs · official · TypeScript · backblaze-labs/b2-mcp

    Official Backblaze B2 MCP server for buckets, files, keys, Object Lock, and S3 storage.

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    ★ 41
    2026-10-04
  36. Read-only SQL across your PostgreSQL, MySQL, S3 buckets and local data files, in one query.

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    ★ 24
    2026-09-05
  37. Create and edit Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files with typed plans and safe previews

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    ★ 24
    2026-10-03
  38. Manage Searchcraft clusters, create search indexes, generate an index from a data file and import data from a feed or local JSON file.

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    ★ 9
    2026-02-07
  39. by @isaiahbjork · official · JavaScript · isaiahbjork/allyson-mcp

    AI-powered SVG animation generator that transforms static files into animated SVG components using the Allyson platform

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    ★ 8
    2025-06-18
  40. by @apimatic · official · TypeScript · apimatic/apimatic-validator-mcp

    APIMatic MCP Server is used to validate OpenAPI specifications using APIMatic. The server processes OpenAPI files and returns validation summaries by leveraging APIMatic’s API.

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    ★ 7
    2025-03-19
  41. Access Box content: search, ask questions about files and folders, and extract data.

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    ★ 6
    2025-09-20
  42. by @humanpen · official · TypeScript · humanpen/humanpen-mcp

    Document-level AI humanizer for .docx/.pptx: whole file, selected passages, or flagged text.

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    ★ 4
    2026-08-12
  43. by @melbis · official · PHP · melbis/melbis-shop

    Work in a self-hosted Melbis Shop store as a staff user: project files with version history, database, catalog trees, product files and storefront pages.

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    ★ 3
    2026-10-03
  44. Public links for local services and static artifacts: live from your machine or hosted by Serve.

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    2026-09-07
  45. by @RedHold · official · TypeScript · RedHold/diagrams-mcp-app-core

    Generate and edit AWS, Azure, GCP and Kubernetes architecture diagrams as editable draw.io files.

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    2026-09-08
  46. by @hypawave · official · TypeScript · hypawave/mcp

    Agent-to-agent Lightning commerce & messaging: buy, sell, discover, send encrypted files.

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    ★ 0
    2026-09-24
  47. by @Regan-Milne · official · TypeScript · Regan-Milne/obsideo-mcp

    Encrypted S3-compatible storage with possession proofs you can verify yourself. 12 GB free.

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    ★ 0
    2026-09-27
  48. by @publee-dev · official · TypeScript · publee-dev/mcp

    Publish AI-generated HTML or static files to a shareable URL, with optional permanent hosting, in-place updates and password or members-only access.

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    2026-08-01
  49. by @HeyPuter · TypeScript · HeyPuter/puter

    Puter MCP enables AI tools to interact with Puter: manage files, websites, workers, and more

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    ★ 43,651
    2026-10-05
  50. by @yamadashy · TypeScript · yamadashy/repomix

    Pack local or remote codebases into AI-friendly files that LLMs and coding agents can read or search

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    ★ 28,710
    2026-10-03
  51. Remote storage access: SFTP, S3, FTP, SMB, NFS, WebDAV, Git, FTPS, Google Cloud, Azure Blob, SharePoint and more.

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    ★ 14,760
    2026-10-05
  52. MCP server for terminal commands, file operations, and process management

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    ★ 9,927
    2026-10-05
  53. Local-first knowledge management with bi-directional LLM sync via Markdown files.

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    ★ 4,101
    2026-10-02
  54. Convert almost any file or web content into Markdown.

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    ★ 2,998
    2026-09-25
  55. by @iwe-org · Rust · iwe-org/iwe

    Markdown knowledge base as agent memory. Runs against the notes directory it is started in.

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    ★ 1,748
    2026-10-04
  56. Generate secured CRUD APIs over your database, run SQL, manage files, tasks and a headless browser

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    ★ 1,200
    2026-09-29
  57. Any file → clean Markdown for AI agents: PDF, Office, EPUB, HTML, images, audio/video. Local MCP.

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    ★ 1,025
    2026-10-04
  58. Code intelligence for 15+ languages: semantic graph queries instead of file reads. 37 MCP tools.

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    2026-10-04
  59. Search local AI conversations by file or phrase and recall source turns. Four read-only tools.

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    ★ 554
    2026-10-03
  60. Context-window optimization: caching, compression & smart file tools that cut tokens 60-90%.

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    ★ 538
    2026-10-05

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Quick install

Add the most popular option to Claude Code:

# see https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/filesystem for setup

FAQ

What is the best file system mcp server?

By GitHub stars, the most popular is server-filesystem by @modelcontextprotocol (91,017 stars). awesomemcp.in lists 393 MCP servers for this topic, ranked by official status and popularity.

Are these MCP servers safe to install?

382 of 393 passed our automated vulnerability check (OSV.dev advisories for the published package, OpenSSF Scorecard, license, maintenance and provenance). The check is automated and does not guarantee 100% safety — review the code and permissions before installing.

How do I install server-filesystem?

With Claude Code: # see https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/filesystem for setup. Every listing on awesomemcp.in includes an install command and, where available, an mcp.json snippet for Claude Desktop, Cursor and other MCP clients.

Can AI agents read this list?

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