mcp-bridgekit vs filesystem

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	mcp-bridgekit by mkbhardwas12	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Score	46	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	AI / LLM ToolsDeveloper ToolsOps & Infra	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	3 mo ago	this month

mcp-bridgekit · Summary

A bridge that converts MCP stdio servers to HTTP endpoints with session pooling and background job handling.

filesystem · Summary

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

mcp-bridgekit · Use cases

AI chatbot with tool calling capabilities
Multi-tenant SaaS platform with customer-specific MCP tools
Long-running data processing that exceeds HTTP timeout limits

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-bridgekit · Install

Installation

# Clone & install
git clone https://github.com/mkbhardwas12/mcp-bridgekit.git
cd mcp-bridgekit

# Copy environment config
cp .env.example .env   # edit if needed

# Install (pick one)
uv sync --dev          # recommended
pip install -e ".[dev]" # alternative

# Start Redis (required for job queue)
docker run -d -p 6379:6379 redis:7-alpine

# Start server
uvicorn mcp_bridgekit.app:app --reload

# Start worker
mcp-bridgekit-worker

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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