joplin-mcp vs filesystem

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

	joplin-mcp by alondmnt	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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joplin-mcp · Summary

A FastMCP-based server enabling AI assistants to interact with Joplin notes via 25 optimized tools.

filesystem · Summary

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

joplin-mcp · Use cases

AI assistants can search and retrieve specific notes from your Joplin knowledge base
Create, update, and organize notes through natural language commands
Automate tagging and categorization of notes based on content

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

joplin-mcp · Install

Installation

Claude Desktop

# Install and configure automatically
pip install joplin-mcp
joplin-mcp-install

**Manual Configuration:** Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "joplin": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "joplin-mcp", "joplin-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "JOPLIN_TOKEN": "your_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Other Clients

For Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add alondmnt/joplin-mcp
/plugin install joplin-mcp

For Jan AI:

Add MCP Server in Jan's interface
Name: joplin
Command: uvx --from joplin-mcp joplin-mcp-server
Environment Variables: JOPLIN_TOKEN (your token)

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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