MCPSharp vs filesystem

Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.

	MCPSharp by afrise	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Language	C#	TypeScript
Last commit	7 mo ago	this month

MCPSharp · Summary

MCPSharp is a .NET library for building MCP servers and clients with tools, resources, and prompts.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

MCPSharp · Use cases

Building MCP-compliant APIs for AI assistants like Claude Desktop
Exposing existing .NET code as MCP endpoints with minimal configuration
Integrating with Microsoft.Extensions.AI and Semantic Kernel ecosystems

filesystem · Use cases

Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

MCPSharp · Install

Installation

dotnet add package MCPSharp

Quick Start

using MCPSharp;

public class Calculator
{
    [McpTool("add", "Adds two numbers")]
    public static int Add([McpParameter(true)] int a, [McpParameter(true)] int b)
    {
        return a + b;
    }
}

await MCPServer.StartAsync("CalculatorServer", "1.0.0");

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpsharp-example": {
      "command": "dotnet",
      "args": ["run", "--project", "/path/to/your/project.csproj"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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