best of · updated August 2026

The 15 best filesystem MCP servers

The 15 filesystem MCP servers worth your time, out of 212 we track - actively maintained, with real adoption, ranked on monthly installs, GitHub stars, and commit recency. Checked nightly.

Filesystem MCP servers let an agent read and write local files under your control. Confirm path sandboxing and whether destructive tools (delete/move) are exposed before enabling them.

01 Server Filesystem ★ 38,704 · commit 2026-08-05 A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides filesystem operations. 1,480 installs/mo · no env vars documented $ npx -y @agent-infra/mcp-server-filesystem 02 X402 List MCP ★ 58 · commit 2026-07-28 MCP server for x402-list: discover x402 payment services and on-chain-verified facilitator settlement volume. 1,300 installs/mo · 6 tools documented · needs 1 env var $ npx -y x402-list-mcp 03 Remote Filesystem ★ 77 · commit 2026-07-26 An MCP server for remote filesystem operations on cloud storage providers. 859 installs/mo · 2 tools documented · 10+ releases/90d · needs 5 env vars $ npx -y remote-filesystem-mcp-server 04 Cursor Delegate ★ 4 · commit 2026-08-21 Stop burning your frontier agent's limits on boilerplate. 2,791 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y cursor-delegate-mcp 05 Lossless Context MCP ★ 3 · commit 2026-08-23 The flight recorder for your agent's context. 1,498 installs/mo · no env vars documented $ npx -y lossless-context-mcp 06 Memory Fabric ★ 2 · commit 2026-08-19 File-first, local-first memory layer for MCP-compatible AI coding assistants. 1,648 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented $ uvx memory-fabric 07 Octofs ★ 11 · commit 2026-08-24 Give your AI assistant filesystem superpowers Standalone Rust binary that exposes filesystem tools over the Model Context Protocol. 513 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y @muvon/octofs 08 ellmos FileCommander ★ 4 · commit 2026-08-25 🇩🇪 Deutsche Version Part of the ellmos-ai family. 750 installs/mo · 40 tools documented · 3 releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y ellmos-filecommander-mcp 09 Fs MCP Rs ★ 5 · commit 2026-08-01 A fast, configurable filesystem server for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), written in Rust. 1,301 installs/mo · 20 tools documented · 6 releases/90d · needs 2 env vars $ npx -y fs-mcp-rs 10 MCP Film Directory ★ 4 · commit 2026-08-24 Search the curated directory of MCP servers for AI filmmaking and plan a full production stack. 444 installs/mo · no env vars documented $ npx -y mcp-film 11 Phantom Secrets ★ 16 · commit 2026-08-19 Stop AI coding agents from leaking API keys. Local proxy swaps real secrets for phm_ tokens. 283 installs/mo · no env vars documented $ npx -y phantom-secrets-mcp 12 Hubd ★ 2 · commit 2026-08-21 The project tracker for teams of humans and AI agents - in plain files. 851 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · needs 1 env var $ npx -y @bzdos/hubd 13 Humanpen MCP ★ 3 · commit 2026-08-12 English · 简体中文 · 日本語 Website · Pricing · Developer docs. 1,279 installs/mo · 8 tools documented · 4 releases/90d · needs 1 env var $ npx -y humanpen-mcp 14 Google Drive ★ 5 · commit 2026-08-11 Allow AI systems to list, search, upload, download, and manage files and folders in Google Drive. 746 installs/mo · 30 tools documented · 1 release/90d · needs 3 env vars $ npx -y google-drive-mcp 15 Petromcp ★ 2 · commit 2026-08-03 Read well logs with Claude without the data ever leaving your machine. 1,033 installs/mo · 9 tools documented · 4 releases/90d · no env vars documented $ uvx petroleum-mcp

How to choose between them

Server Filesystem ranks #1 on the installs + stars + recency blend; Cursor Delegate has the most raw installs (2,791 last month) if adoption is all you weigh. 2 of these 15 offer a remote endpoint (no local process to run); the rest are local stdio servers. 9 document no required env vars - paste the config and go; the others need env vars set first (each page lists exactly which). Where we've compared two of these head-to-head, the comparison is linked on each one's page.

Quick answers

Which filesystem MCP server is most installed?

Cursor Delegate, with 2,791 installs in the last month (as of August 2026). By GitHub stars the leader is Server Filesystem (38,704).

How many filesystem MCP servers exist?

We track 212 filesystem MCP servers in the official registry. The 15 above are the actively-maintained ones with real adoption - ranked by monthly installs, GitHub stars, and commit recency.

All 34 filesystem MCP servers

Ranked 16 onward, same order as above. Status checked last night.

How this list is ranked

Ranked from live registry + GitHub data: monthly installs (npm/PyPI), GitHub stars, and commit recency - recomputed nightly. No pay-to-rank, ever. The 15 above lead the full list of 34, all of which you can see on this page. The other 178 we track have stopped being maintained, or nobody is using them yet. Full recipe: how we verify.