filesystem vs sympy-mcp

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	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol	sympy-mcp by sdiehl
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 70
30d uses	—	—
Score	77	48
Official	✓	—
Categories	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity	AI / LLM ToolsDeveloper ToolsOther
Language	TypeScript	Python
Last commit	this month	2 mo ago

filesystem · Summary

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

sympy-mcp · Summary

A Model Context Protocol server that exposes SymPy's symbolic mathematics capabilities through MCP tool calling for LLMs.

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

sympy-mcp · Use cases

Solving differential equations in physics and engineering contexts
Performing symbolic integration and differentiation in educational settings
Computing tensors for general relativity calculations

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.

sympy-mcp · Install

Install [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) first.

# Setup the project
git clone https://github.com/sdiehl/sympy-mcp.git
cd sympy-mcp
uv sync

# Install the server to Claude Desktop
uv run mcp install server.py

# Run the server
uv run mcp run server.py

For Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sympy-mcp": {
      "command": "/opt/homebrew/bin/uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "einsteinpy",
        "--with",
        "mcp[cli]",
        "--with",
        "pydantic",
        "--with",
        "sympy",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "/ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_SYMPY_MCP/server.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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