mcp-wayback-machine vs filesystem

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	mcp-wayback-machine by Mearman	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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mcp-wayback-machine · Summary

MCP server for Internet Archive's Wayback Machine with CDX search, snapshot retrieval, comparison and optional authentication.

filesystem · Summary

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

mcp-wayback-machine · Use cases

Archiving web pages directly through AI assistants
Comparing how a website has changed over time
Searching for historical snapshots of specific URLs

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-wayback-machine · Install

Installation

For Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wayback-machine": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-wayback-machine"],
      "env": {
        "WAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY": "your-access-key",
        "WAYBACK_SECRET_KEY": "your-secret-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

CLI Shorthand

claude mcp add wayback-machine -- npx -y mcp-wayback-machine

Manual Configuration

For other harnesses, add to appropriate config file:

{
  "wayback-machine": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "mcp-wayback-machine"],
    "env": {
      "WAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY": "your-access-key",
      "WAYBACK_SECRET_KEY": "your-secret-key"
    }
  }
}

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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