memory-bank-mcp vs filesystem

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

	memory-bank-mcp by alioshr	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	AI / LLM ToolsProductivityDeveloper Tools	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	9 mo ago	this month

memory-bank-mcp · Summary

A TypeScript MCP server for centralized remote memory bank management across multiple projects.

filesystem · Summary

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

memory-bank-mcp · Use cases

Managing persistent memory for AI assistants across multiple projects
Centralizing knowledge bases for development teams working on different repositories
Creating a shared memory resource that AI models can access regardless of the client application

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

memory-bank-mcp · Install

Installation

Automatic Installation with Smithery

npx -y @smithery/cli install @alioshr/memory-bank-mcp --client claude

Manual Configuration

For Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

"allPepper-memory-bank": {
  "type": "stdio",
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "@allpepper/memory-bank-mcp@latest"],
  "env": {
    "MEMORY_BANK_ROOT": "YOUR_PATH"
  }
}

For Cursor

Settings → Features → Add MCP Server:

env MEMORY_BANK_ROOT=<path-to-bank> npx -y @allpepper/memory-bank-mcp@latest

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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