cupertino vs filesystem

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	cupertino by mihaelamj	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 742	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	55	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsKnowledge Graph	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Swift	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

cupertino · Summary

A Swift-based MCP server that indexes and serves Apple's developer documentation to AI agents.

filesystem · Summary

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

cupertino · Use cases

Enable AI assistants to access accurate Apple API documentation without hallucination
Provide offline development environment for iOS/macOS/Swift developers
Integrate Apple documentation search directly into AI-powered coding tools

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

cupertino · Install

Installation

**One-command install (recommended):**

bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mihaelamj/cupertino/main/install.sh)

**With Homebrew:**

brew tap mihaelamj/tap
brew install cupertino
cupertino setup
cupertino serve

**Claude Desktop Configuration:** Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cupertino": {
      "command": "/usr/local/bin/cupertino",
      "args": ["serve"]
    }
  }
}

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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