filesystem vs SupaThings-MCP

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

	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol	SupaThings-MCP by soycanopa
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filesystem · Summary

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

SupaThings-MCP · Summary

Things 3 MCP server for macOS that combines SQLite reads with URL writes for AI agents.

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

SupaThings-MCP · Use cases

AI agents creating and organizing new projects with appropriate headings in Things
Automating task placement based on project structure and semantic analysis
Generating project summaries and planning insights from Things data

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.

SupaThings-MCP · Install

Installation

1) Run with npx (no install)

npx -y supathings-mcp

2) Global install from npm

npm install -g supathings-mcp

Alias also available: things-mcp

3) MCP config example

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "supathings": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "supathings-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

4) Configure MCP in your client

Codex:

codex mcp add supathings -- npx -y supathings-mcp

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport stdio supathings -- npx -y supathings-mcp

Gemini CLI:

gemini mcp add -s user supathings npx -y supathings-mcp

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