Best System & Files MCP servers

Local filesystem, OS and desktop control servers. We track 22 servers in this category, ranked by GitHub stars with maintenance status and ready-to-copy configs for Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code.

Top picks

  1. Filesystem (official reference server) — Node.js server for filesystem operations: read/write files, create/list/delete directories, move and search fi… (★ 91.2k, updated 3 days ago)
  2. DesktopCommanderMCP — This is MCP server for Claude that gives it terminal control, file system search and diff file editing capabil… (★ 10k, updated today)
  3. Windows-MCP — MCP Server for Computer Use in Windows (★ 8.9k, updated today)
  4. Peekaboo — Peekaboo is a macOS CLI & optional MCP server that enables AI agents to capture screenshots of applications, o… (★ 5.3k, updated yesterday)
  5. wslmanager — GUI for the Windows Subsystem for Linux — and native Linux/macOS VMs on Mac. Install, back up, move and config… (★ 4k, updated 12 days ago)

Showing all 22 servers

Filesystem (official reference server)

by modelcontextprotocol · TypeScript

Node.js server for filesystem operations: read/write files, create/list/delete directories, move and search files, with configurable allowed directories.

System & FilesOfficialMaintained91.2k (repo)

DesktopCommanderMCP

by wonderwhy-er · JavaScript

This is MCP server for Claude that gives it terminal control, file system search and diff file editing capabilities

System & FilesMaintained10k

Windows-MCP

by CursorTouch · Python

MCP Server for Computer Use in Windows

System & FilesMaintainedRemote8.9k

Peekaboo

by openclaw · Swift

Peekaboo is a macOS CLI & optional MCP server that enables AI agents to capture screenshots of applications, or the entire system, with optional visual question answering through local or remote AI models.

System & FilesMaintained5.3k

wslmanager

by bostrot · Dart

GUI for the Windows Subsystem for Linux — and native Linux/macOS VMs on Mac. Install, back up, move and configure distros without CLI flags; AI assistant with tools, MCP server for agents, remote WSL over SSH.

System & FilesMaintainedRemote4k

crosspaste-desktop

by CrossPaste · Kotlin

Cross-device clipboard sync for macOS, Windows & Linux — end-to-end encrypted, LAN-only, no cloud. OCR, CLI and MCP server built in.

System & FilesMaintained2.6k

iMCP

by mattt · Swift

A macOS app that provides an MCP server to your Messages, Contacts, Reminders and more

System & FilesMaintainedRemote1.7k

mcp-windbg

by svnscha · Python

Model Context Protocol for WinDbg.

System & FilesMaintainedRemote1.6k

winutil-cn

by yasewang1337-svg · PowerShell

面向 Windows 11 的中文软件管理与系统维护工具,支持 Windows 10 / 11 x64 镜像制作与默认只读的 MCP 接口。基于 Chris Titus Tech Windows Utility。

System & FilesMaintained744

mcp-filesystem-server

by mark3labs · Go

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

System & FilesAging694

iterm-mcp

by ferrislucas · TypeScript

A Model Context Protocol server that executes commands in the current iTerm session - useful for REPL and CLI assistance

System & FilesStale570

mcp-remote-macos-use

by baryhuang · Python

The only general AI agent that does NOT requires extra API key, giving you full control on your local and remote MacOs from Claude Desktop App

System & FilesStale490

applescript-mcp

by peakmojo · Python

MCP server that execute applescript giving you full control of your Mac

System & FilesAging465

automation-mcp

by ashwwwin · TypeScript

Control your Mac with detailed mouse, keyboard, screen, and window management capabilities.

System & FilesStale413

clawdcursor

by AmrDab · TypeScript

Local MCP server that gives any AI agent safe desktop control on Windows, macOS and Linux. Reads the screen as text and structure (accessibility + OCR) and acts by element name, with screenshots as the last resort. Multi-monitor aware, verifies every action, one safety gate.

System & FilesMaintainedRemote405

applescript-mcp

by joshrutkowski · TypeScript

A macOS AppleScript MCP server

System & FilesStale394

computer-use-mcp

by domdomegg · TypeScript

💻 Give AI models complete control of your computer (probably a bad idea)

System & FilesMaintained384

mcp-server-macos-use

by mediar-ai · Swift

AI agent that controls computer with OS-level tools, MCP compatible, works with any model

System & FilesMaintained357

MCPControl

by claude-did-this · TypeScript

MCP server for Windows OS automation

System & FilesAgingRemote331

nuphus-mcp

by mrpulor-gh · Rust

Desktop automation MCP server — computer use for any AI agent: control screen, windows, mouse/keyboard, and Chrome via Model Context Protocol (stdio). Not a DSH plugin — DSH users install dsh-nuphus-mcp.

System & FilesMaintained325

tty-table

by tecfu · TypeScript

Cross-platform terminal table (Windows, Linux, macOS). Can also run in the browser console and provide. MCP server gives your coding agent with a quick way to add text-wrapped ASCII tables to your README or other files.

System & FilesMaintained310

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