MCPJungle vs filesystem

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	MCPJungle by mcpjungle	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 1,041	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	54	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsOps & InfraProductivity	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Go	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

MCPJungle · Summary

A self-hosted MCP gateway that centralizes multiple MCP servers behind one endpoint.

filesystem · Summary

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

MCPJungle · Use cases

Personal development setup with centralized MCP tools access
Team infrastructure sharing MCP servers with access controls
Simplifying AI client configuration by replacing multiple endpoints with one

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

MCPJungle · Install

Quick Start

Using Docker (Recommended)

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mcpjungle/MCPJungle/refs/heads/main/docker-compose.yaml
docker compose up -d

Using Homebrew

brew install mcpjungle/mcpjungle/mcpjungle

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add this to your Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpjungle": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-remote",
        "http://localhost:8080/mcp",
        "--allow-http"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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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