mcpshim vs filesystem

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

	mcpshim by mcpshim	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	Developer ToolsProductivityAI / LLM Tools	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Go	TypeScript
Last commit	3 mo ago	this month

mcpshim · Summary

MCPShim turns remote MCP servers into local CLI commands, handling auth and tool invocation in one daemon.

filesystem · Summary

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

mcpshim · Use cases

LLM agents can call MCP tools through simple CLI commands without needing to handle auth or transport details
Script automation workflows can use any MCP server as native shell commands with automatic argument mapping
Development teams can centralize MCP server management and tool invocation across different agents

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

mcpshim · Install

Installation

Install from source:

go install github.com/mcpshim/mcpshim/cmd/mcpshimd@latest
go install github.com/mcpshim/mcpshim/cmd/mcpshim@latest

Configure:

mkdir -p ~/.config/mcpshim
cp configs/mcpshim.example.yaml ~/.config/mcpshim/config.yaml

Start daemon:

mcpshimd

Use the CLI:

mcpshim servers
mcpshim tools --server notion
mcpshim call --server notion --tool search --query "projects"

For Claude Desktop, add to config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpshim": {
      "command": "mcpshimd",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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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