filesystem vs remembrallmcp

Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.

	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol	remembrallmcp by roboticforce
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 18
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Score	77	43
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Categories	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsKnowledge Graph
Language	TypeScript	Rust
Last commit	this month	this month

filesystem · Summary

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

remembrallmcp · Summary

MCP server providing persistent memory and code dependency graph for AI agents using Rust and Postgres.

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

remembrallmcp · Use cases

Enhancing AI coding agents with persistent memory of past decisions and patterns
Quickly analyzing code dependencies and impact changes before making modifications
Ingesting project documentation and GitHub PRs to bootstrap agent knowledge

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.

remembrallmcp · Install

Installation

Option 1: Docker Compose (easiest)

git clone https://github.com/cdnsteve/remembrallmcp.git
cd remembrallmcp
# Start Postgres + initialize schema + download embedding model
docker compose up -d
# Run the MCP server
docker compose run --rm remembrall

Option 2: Prebuilt Binary

# macOS (Apple Silicon)
curl -fsSL https://github.com/cdnsteve/remembrallmcp/releases/latest/download/remembrall-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv remembrall /usr/local/bin/

# Initialize
remembrall init

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "remembrall": {
      "command": "remembrall"
    }
  }
}

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