hookdeck-cli vs filesystem

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

	hookdeck-cli by hookdeck	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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hookdeck-cli · Summary

Hookdeck CLI provides a comprehensive MCP server for managing webhooks and event gateway resources, offering free development tools with ai agent integration.

filesystem · Summary

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

hookdeck-cli · Use cases

Local development and testing of webhook integrations with preserved event history
Managing and querying Event Gateway resources through a unified CLI interface
Integrating webhook management capabilities into AI agents via MCP protocol

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

hookdeck-cli · Install

Installation

Hookdeck CLI is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux:

# NPM
npm install hookdeck-cli -g

# macOS
brew install hookdeck/hookdeck/hookdeck

# Windows
scoop bucket add hookdeck https://github.com/hookdeck/scoop-hookdeck-cli.git
scoop install hookdeck

# Linux
tar -xvf hookdeck_X.X.X_linux_amd64.tar.gz
./hookdeck

MCP Server Setup

To use with Claude Desktop, add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hookdeck": {
      "command": "hookdeck",
      "args": ["gateway", "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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