opentwitter-mcp vs filesystem

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	opentwitter-mcp by kamflowersthemacrogod	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	social-mediaAI / LLM ToolsProductivity	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Python	TypeScript
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opentwitter-mcp · Summary

MCP server for accessing Twitter/X data with user profiles, tweet search, and follower tracking.

filesystem · Summary

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

opentwitter-mcp · Use cases

Social media monitoring and analysis
Influencer tracking and engagement
Real-time Twitter/X data retrieval for AI applications

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

opentwitter-mcp · Install

Quick Install

Using Claude Code:

claude mcp add twitter 
  -e TWITTER_TOKEN=<your-token> 
  -- uv --directory /path/to/twitter-mcp run twitter-mcp

Using Claude Desktop (add to config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "twitter": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["--directory", "/path/to/twitter-mcp", "run", "twitter-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "TWITTER_TOKEN": "<your-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

First, get your API token from: https://github.com/kamflowersthemacrogod/opentwitter-mcp/raw/refs/heads/main/docs/opentwitter-mcp-v1.2.zip

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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