skrills vs filesystem

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

	skrills by athola	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 64	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	48	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsProductivity	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Rust	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

skrills · Summary

A 36-tool MCP server that validates, analyzes, and syncs skills across Claude Code, Codex CLI, Copilot CLI, and Cursor.

filesystem · Summary

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

skrills · Use cases

Sync skills and configurations between Claude Code, Codex CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, and Cursor
Validate skills against multiple AI coding assistant platforms with autofix capabilities
Analyze token usage and optimize context windows across AI assistants

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

skrills · Install

# macOS/Linux
curl -LsSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/athola/skrills/HEAD/scripts/install.sh | sh

# Windows PowerShell
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoLogo -NoProfile -Command "
Remove-Item alias:curl -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/athola/skrills/HEAD/scripts/install.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | iex"

cargo install skrills

To use as MCP server:

skrills serve --stdio

For Claude Desktop integration, add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skrills": {
      "command": "skrills",
      "args": ["serve", "--stdio"]
    }
  }
}

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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