LeanKG vs filesystem

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

	LeanKG by FreePeak	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 188	★ 85,748
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Score	50	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsKnowledge Graph	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Rust	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

LeanKG · Summary

LeanKG is a local-first knowledge graph that indexes codebases and exposes them via MCP for AI-assisted development with significant token savings.

filesystem · Summary

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

LeanKG · Use cases

AI-assisted code analysis with reduced token consumption by targeting specific code subgraphs
Impact radius calculation before making code changes
Code dependency visualization and community detection in large codebases
Annotation-based code search and traceability

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

LeanKG · Install

Installation

One-Line Install (Recommended)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreePeak/LeanKG/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- <target>

Supported targets include: cursor, claude, opencode, kilo, antigravity, gemini, codex

Install via Cargo

cargo install leankg && leankg --version

Claude Code Integration

# Install with Claude Code hooks
leankg setup
# Restart Claude Code or run:
/reload-plugins

Configuration

LeanKG creates MCP configuration during setup. For manual setup, see docs/mcp-tools.md for MCP server configuration.

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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