hop vs filesystem

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	hop by danmartuszewski	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 47	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	45	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsOps & InfraProductivity	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Go	TypeScript
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hop · Summary

An elegant SSH connection manager with TUI dashboard and MCP server for AI assistants.

filesystem · Summary

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

hop · Use cases

AI assistants managing SSH connections across multiple servers and environments
DevOps teams executing commands across production servers
Developers connecting to remote servers quickly with fuzzy matching

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

hop · Install

Installation

Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

brew install danmartuszewski/tap/hop

Go

go install github.com/danmartuszewski/hop/cmd/hop@latest

From source

git clone https://github.com/danmartuszewski/hop.git && cd hop && make build
./bin/hop

Claude Desktop Integration

Add to Claude Desktop's MCP config:

{ "hop": { "command": "hop", "args": ["mcp"] } }

claude mcp add hop -- hop mcp

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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