elysia-mcp-starter vs filesystem

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	elysia-mcp-starter by kerlos	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Last commit	11 mo ago	this month

elysia-mcp-starter · Summary

A starter template for building MCP servers with Elysia and Bun runtime.

filesystem · Summary

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

elysia-mcp-starter · Use cases

Rapidly prototype new MCP servers with pre-configured setup
Develop custom tools and resources for specific LLM applications
Integrate MCP functionality into ElysiaJS 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

elysia-mcp-starter · Install

Installation

Option 1: Using Bun Create (Recommended)

# Create a new project from the starter template
bun create https://github.com/kerlos/elysia-mcp-starter my-mcp-project

# Navigate to the project
cd my-mcp-project

# Install dependencies
bun install

# Start development server
bun run dev

Option 2: Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/kerlos/elysia-mcp-starter.git
cd elysia-mcp-starter
bun install
bun run dev

The MCP server will be available at:

Server: http://localhost:3000
MCP endpoint: http://localhost:3000/mcp

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysia-mcp-starter": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "http://localhost:3000/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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