best of · updated September 2026
The 15 best filesystem MCP servers
The 15 filesystem MCP servers worth your time, out of 245 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.
$ npx -y @agent-infra/mcp-server-filesystem 02 Pdf MCP ★ 135 · commit 2026-09-17 Agentic RAG over your PDFs, one file or a whole folder, as a single MCP tool. 6,105 installs/mo · 13 tools documented · 10+ releases/90d · needs 1 env var $ uvx pdf-mcp 03 Octofs ★ 12 · commit 2026-09-09 Give your AI assistant filesystem superpowers Standalone Rust binary that exposes filesystem tools over the Model Context Protocol. 3,982 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y @muvon/octofs 04 Slivingdoc ★ 2 · commit 2026-09-17 Share ordinary text files between concurrent agents without silently overwriting edits. 3,425 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · needs 3 env vars $ npx -y slivingdoc 05 Remote Filesystem ★ 80 · commit 2026-08-30 An MCP server for remote filesystem operations on cloud storage providers. 512 installs/mo · 2 tools documented · 10+ releases/90d · needs 5 env vars $ npx -y remote-filesystem-mcp-server 06 Hubd ★ 2 · commit 2026-09-14 The project tracker for teams of humans and AI agents - in plain files. 1,924 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · needs 1 env var $ npx -y @bzdos/hubd 07 ellmos FileCommander ★ 4 · commit 2026-09-13 🇩🇪 Deutsche Version Part of the ellmos-ai family. 995 installs/mo · 40 tools documented · 3 releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y ellmos-filecommander-mcp 08 Cursor Delegate ★ 4 · commit 2026-09-10 Stop burning your frontier agent's limits on boilerplate. 1,515 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y cursor-delegate-mcp 09 MCP Film Directory ★ 5 · commit 2026-09-18 Search the curated directory of MCP servers for AI filmmaking and plan a full production stack. 400 installs/mo · no env vars documented $ npx -y mcp-film 10 Phantom Secrets ★ 16 · commit 2026-09-17 Delegate more to AI without putting real keys in agent context. 224 installs/mo · 7 releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y phantom-secrets-mcp 11 Factorial HR ★ 3 · commit 2026-09-08 A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides AI assistants like Claude with full access to FactorialHR. 1,047 installs/mo · needs 4 env vars $ npx -y @t4dhg/mcp-factorial 12 Google Drive ★ 5 · commit 2026-09-09 Allow AI systems to list, search, upload, download, and manage files and folders in Google Drive. 683 installs/mo · 30 tools documented · 1 release/90d · needs 3 env vars $ npx -y google-drive-mcp 13 Lossless Context MCP ★ 4 · commit 2026-09-05 The flight recorder for your agent's context. 746 installs/mo · no env vars documented $ npx -y lossless-context-mcp 14 Memory Fabric ★ 2 · commit 2026-09-05 File-first, local-first memory layer for MCP-compatible AI coding assistants. 807 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented $ uvx memory-fabric 15 Directory ★ 297 · commit 2026-08-19 A remote MCP server for SubmitMap, a directory of product launch platforms and startup directories. 6 tools documented · no env vars documented $ claude mcp add fifthwye-submitmap-mcp --transport http https://submitmap.com/api/mcp How to choose between them
Server Filesystem ranks #1 on the installs + stars + recency blend; Pdf MCP has the most raw installs (6,105 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?
Pdf MCP, with 6,105 installs in the last month (as of September 2026). By GitHub stars the leader is Server Filesystem (39,038).
How many filesystem MCP servers exist?
We track 245 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 41 filesystem MCP servers
Ranked 16 onward, same order as above. Status checked last night.
- Synology NAS ★ 7
- cv.json - open CV data ★ 4
- Document Reader ★ 23
- Humanpen MCP ★ 4
- Fs MCP Rs ★ 6
- Work OS ★ 46
- Keibi Drop ★ 60
- Sshmcp ★ 11
- Devtools ★ 3
- V8 ★ 57
- Petromcp ★ 2
- Shuck File ★ 6
- Cairn ★ 2
- p6xer MCP Server ★ 10
- Tilde ★ 4
- Virtual Filesystem ★ 3
- File Tools ★ 24
- Server Cloud Fs ★ 2
- OWA Exchange MCP Server ★ 8
- SSH MCP ★ 7
- Filesystem Context ★ 22
- Dir MCP ★ 2
- Aisotools ★ 3
- Dibs ★ 2
- Silicon Friendly ★ 6
- Pickanagency ★ 2
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 41, all of which you can see on this page. The other 204 we track have stopped being maintained, or nobody is using them yet. Full recipe: how we verify.