filesystem vs Claude-Code-MCP-Manager

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	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol	Claude-Code-MCP-Manager by qdhenry
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filesystem · Summary

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

Claude-Code-MCP-Manager · Summary

A bash script tool for managing MCP configurations for Claude Code with add, remove, and auto-loading capabilities.

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

Claude-Code-MCP-Manager · Use cases

Managing multiple MCP servers for Claude Code projects
Automating MCP configuration setup for development teams
Creating portable MCP configurations across different environments

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.

Claude-Code-MCP-Manager · Install

Installation

Download the script:

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qdhenry/Claude-Code-MCP-Manager/main/mcp-manager.sh

Make it executable:

chmod +x mcp-manager.sh

Move to a location in your PATH (optional):

sudo mv mcp-manager.sh /usr/local/bin/mcp-manager

For Claude Desktop configuration, ensure the MCP servers are properly configured in your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "supabase": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["supabase/mcp-server-supabase@latest", "--access-token", "YOUR_TOKEN_HERE"]
    },
    "digitalocean": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@digitalocean/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

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