filesystem vs MCP-PDF-Extractor-server

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	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol	MCP-PDF-Extractor-server by RayenMalouche
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Language	TypeScript	Java
Last commit	this month	9 mo ago

filesystem · Summary

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

MCP-PDF-Extractor-server · Summary

Java-based MCP server using Apache Tika to extract content and metadata from PDFs, DOCX and other documents.

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-PDF-Extractor-server · Use cases

Processing and extracting content from local documents in secure environments without internet access
Integrating document extraction capabilities into MCP-enabled AI assistants like Claude Desktop
Providing a REST API for web applications to serve styled HTML content from document files

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.

MCP-PDF-Extractor-server · Install

Installation

**Prerequisites**:

- Java 23+ - Maven 3.6+

**Clone and Setup**:

``bash git clone https://github.com/RayenMalouche/MCP-PDF-Extractor-server.git cd MCP-PDF-Extractor-server mkdir files-to-extract mvn clean install ``

**Configure**:

Edit src/main/resources/application.properties if needed

**Run**:

```bash # HTTP/SSE mode mvn spring-boot:run

# STDIO mode mvn spring-boot:run -- --stdio ```

**Configure Claude Desktop** (for MCP usage):

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json: ``json { "mcpServers": { "tika-extractor": { "command": "java", "args": ["-jar", "path/to/your/target/TikaExtractorMCPServer-1.0.0.jar", "--stdio"] } } } ``

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