hamr vs filesystem
Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.
hamr by AKhilRaghav0 | filesystem by modelcontextprotocol | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | ★ 18 | ★ 85,748 |
| 30d uses | — | — |
| Score | 43 | 77 |
| Official | — | ✓ |
| Categories | Developer ToolsOps & InfraAI / LLM Tools | File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity |
| Language | Go | TypeScript |
| Last commit | 1 mo ago | this month |
hamr · Summary
A Go framework for building MCP servers with automatic schema generation from struct tags, optimizing for token cost.
filesystem · Summary
A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.
hamr · Use cases
- Building token-efficient MCP servers for AI assistants with minimal overhead
- Creating Go-based MCP servers without writing JSON schemas manually
- Developing monitoring dashboards for MCP servers with real-time tool call tracking
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
hamr · Install
Installation
Install the CLI:
go install github.com/AKhilRaghav0/hamr/cmd/hamr@latestScaffold a new project:
hamr init my-server
cd my-server
go run .Add to existing Go project:
go get github.com/AKhilRaghav0/hamrClaude Desktop Configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"my-server": {
"command": "go",
"args": ["run", "/path/to/my-server"]
}
}
}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.