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j0hanz/filesystem-context-mcp-server

A local filesystem MCP server that lets LLMs and AI agents read, write, search, diff, patch, and manage files safely and efficiently.

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About j0hanz/filesystem-context-mcp-server

A local filesystem MCP server that exposes file read, write, search, diff, patch, and management operations to LLMs and AI agents. It runs as a process on the user's machine, providing structured and controlled filesystem access through the Model Context Protocol.

Best for

Developers who need to give LLM-based agents safe, structured access to local file systems

Use cases

  • Enabling an LLM agent to edit code files in a local project
  • Allowing a chat assistant to read and summarize files from disk
  • Letting an AI tool perform safe file patching and diff operations

Notes

8 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-06-01. Licensed MIT.

Pros

  • Runs locally so files never leave the user's machine
  • Provides fine-grained file operations (read, write, diff, patch, search)
  • Built with TypeScript for reliability and type safety

Cons

  • Very low community adoption with only 8 GitHub stars
  • Requires manual setup and running a dedicated server process
  • Limited to local filesystem interactions only

Key facts

What we have checked

Not checked yet. Dated facts such as prices, releases and repository activity appear here once we have confirmed them from a source.

How to use

How to set it up

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

Install

npx -y @j0hanz/filesystem-mcp /path/to/allowed/dir

Tools exposed

  • list_roots
  • find_files
  • search_text
  • replace_text
  • get-help
  • FS_ALLOWED_DIRS
  • FS_ROOT_BOUNDARY
  • FS_ALLOW_CWD_WALK
  • FS_ALLOW_MISSING_ROOTS
  • FS_ALLOW_SENSITIVE
  • FS_DENYLIST
  • FS_MAX_FILE_SIZE
  • FS_LOG_LEVEL
  • FS_PORT
  • FS_HTTP_HOST
  • FS_API_KEY
  • FS_TRUST_PROXY
  • FS_ALLOWED_HOSTS
  • FS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS
  • FS_ALLOW_UNRESTRICTED_HOSTS

Clients the listing names (not checked here)

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code

Example client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@j0hanz/filesystem-mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Install

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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 j0hanz/filesystem-context-mcp-server connects to

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