short-url vs filesystem

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

	short-url by fengzhongsen	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Language	JavaScript	TypeScript
Last commit	5 mo ago	this month

short-url · Summary

A simple open-source URL shortening service with MCP server for AI assistant integration.

filesystem · Summary

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

short-url · Use cases

AI assistants automatically creating short links when sharing URLs
Teams using AI chat interfaces to generate shareable links for internal resources
Developers integrating short link generation into automated workflows

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

short-url · Install

Installation

Docker (Recommended)

docker compose up -d --build

Manual Installation

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start both frontend and backend
npm start

# Or separately:
npm run start:server  # Backend only (port 3001)
npm run start:client  # Frontend only (port 3000)

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "short-url": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "short-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "API_ORIGIN": "http://localhost:3001",
        "API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual API key from the service.

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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