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dimitar-grigorov/mcp-file-tools

MCP server for file operations on non-UTF-8 text: detects the encoding from the bytes, hands the model UTF-8, and writes back in the original encoding with BOM and CRLF/LF intact.

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About dimitar-grigorov/mcp-file-tools

MCP server for file operations on non-UTF-8 text. Detects the encoding from bytes, converts to UTF-8 for the model, and writes back in the original encoding with BOM and CRLF/LF intact. Supports 24 encodings including Cyrillic, Western European, KOI8, ISO-8859, UTF-16, and GBK.

Best for

Developers working with legacy encoded text files in MCP-based workflows

Use cases

  • Reading legacy files with CP1251 or KOI8 encodings
  • Editing files without corrupting original encoding and line endings
  • Processing GBK or UTF-16 documents through an MCP client

Notes

22 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-09-02. Licensed GPL-3.0.

Pros

  • Preserves original encoding, BOM, and CRLF/LF
  • Supports a wide range of legacy encodings
  • Simple Go implementation, easy to deploy

Cons

  • Limited to file operations, not a general-purpose tool
  • Small community (22 stars), may lack extensive testing
  • Requires MCP client integration

Key facts

What we have checked

Days since the last commit
1
Checked GitHub
GitHub forks
10
Checked GitHub
GitHub stars
30
Checked GitHub
Days to a first reply on issues
68.2
Checked GitHub
Open issues
0
Checked GitHub
Releases in the last 90 days
15
Checked GitHub

Each value shows when we last confirmed it and where it came from. Values we have not confirmed are left out, never guessed.

How to use

How to set it up

As the listing publishes it. We have not run this install.

Install

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector go run ./cmd/mcp-file-tools -- /path/to/allowed/dir

Tools exposed

  • MCP_DEFAULT_ENCODING
  • MCP_DEFAULT_LINE_ENDINGS
  • MCP_MEMORY_THRESHOLD
  • MCP_DETECTION_CANDIDATES
  • MCP_FILE_TOOLS_ALLOWED_DIRS
  • MCP_FILE_TOOLS_NO_CWD_FALLBACK

Clients the listing names (not checked here)

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT

Install

Add dimitar-grigorov/mcp-file-tools to your client

Not verified yet

No install recipe yet. We write one for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and ChatGPT when the server is in the official MCP registry with a package or remote address we can use.

Until then, follow the project's own README, or the setup the listing publishes under How to set it up.

Works with

What dimitar-grigorov/mcp-file-tools connects to

No confirmed connections yet. A product appears here when the server's registry name, repo, homepage or name ties it to that product, and a client appears when we have an install recipe for it.

Stars and usage

How dimitar-grigorov/mcp-file-tools is growing

GitHub stars

27 to 30

stars. 28 Oct 2026 to 9 Nov 2026, 3 readings.

Source: GitHub. Checked .

Health and security

Is dimitar-grigorov/mcp-file-tools looked after, and what do its setup files show

Health score

45 out of 100

Does someone look after this repository? It does not say the code is good or safe. Worked out from GitHub signals checked . How it is worked out

PartPointsWhat we saw
Recent activity30 of 30Last push 1 days ago
Releases15 of 1515 releases in 90 days
Issue replies0 of 20First reply in 68.2 days (median)
Maintainer0 of 15Owned by a single user
Official source0 of 20Community server

Security check static checks

97 out of 100

Reads what is published about the server: package advisories, licence, secrets in the documented setup and tool permissions. Nothing is installed or run, so this is not a security assessment. Checked by edna-static-v1. What it checks

Licence: GPL-3.0

  • Low The documented install uses @modelcontextprotocol/inspector, whose published metadata points at github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector, not this repository. Check it is the right package before installing.
  • Note No published npm or PyPI package of this repository was found, so package advisories were not checked.
  • Note The lab has not recorded this server's tool list yet, so tool permissions were not checked.

Sources

Where this comes from

  • GitHubRegistry

    Checked · Days since the last commit, GitHub forks, GitHub stars, Days to a first reply on issues, Open issues, Releases in the last 90 days

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What changed

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