eion vs filesystem

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

	eion by eiondb	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	Knowledge GraphAI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Tools	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Go	TypeScript
Last commit	11 mo ago	this month

eion · Summary

Eion provides a shared memory storage with knowledge graph capabilities for multi-agent systems via MCP server.

filesystem · Summary

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

eion · Use cases

Multi-agent systems with shared memory and knowledge
LLM applications with persistent conversation history
Agent agencies with sequential or concurrent processing

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

eion · Install

Installation

Clone the repository and set up the environment:

git clone <repo>
cd eion
docker-compose up -d

Setup database extensions:

docker exec eion_postgres psql -U eion -d eion -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;"
docker exec -i eion_postgres psql -U eion -d eion < database_setup.sql

Install Python dependencies:

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Build and run the server:

go build -o eion-server ./cmd/eion-server
./eion-server

For Claude Desktop integration, add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "eion": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "internal.mcp.server"],
      "env": {"EION_BASE_URL": "http://localhost:8080"},
      "cwd": "/path/to/eion"
    }
  }
}

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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