perfetto-mcp vs filesystem

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	perfetto-mcp by antarikshc	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 178	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	50	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsMonitoringOps & Infra	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	1 mo ago	this month

perfetto-mcp · Summary

An MCP server that transforms natural language prompts into Perfetto trace analyses for Android performance debugging.

filesystem · Summary

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

perfetto-mcp · Use cases

Diagnose application performance issues in Android traces using natural language
Automatically analyze ANR events and identify root causes
Profile CPU usage and frame performance without writing SQL

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

perfetto-mcp · Install

Installation

**Using uvx (recommended)**:

For Cursor:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perfetto-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["perfetto-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

For Claude Code:

claude mcp add perfetto-mcp --scope user -- uvx perfetto-mcp

For VS Code: Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perfetto-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["perfetto-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

**Using pip**:

pip3 install perfetto-mcp
python3 -m perfetto_mcp

**Prerequisites**:

Python 3.13+
uv (recommended)

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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