MCP Catalogs
Home

mcp vs filesystem

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

mcp
by magicuidesign
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
Stars★ 185★ 85,748
30d uses
Score4877
Official
Categories
Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsProductivity
File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScript
Last commit1 mo agothis month

mcp · Summary

MCP server for Magic UI component registry, enabling developers to browse and search UI components.

filesystem · Summary

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

mcp · Use cases

  • Adding UI animations to web projects
  • Implementing complex UI components without manual coding
  • Discovering available Magic UI components through AI assistants

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

mcp · Install

Installation

Install using the Magic UI CLI:

npx @magicuidesign/cli@latest install <client>

Or manually add to your IDE's MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "magicuidesign-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@magicuidesign/mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

This server is supported by clients like Cursor, Windsurf, Claude, Cline, and roo-cline.

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.

Comparison generated from public README + GitHub signals. Last updated automatically.