filesystem vs mcp-gateway

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

	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol	mcp-gateway by unrelated-ai
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Categories	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity	Developer ToolsOps & InfraAI / LLM Tools
Language	TypeScript	Rust
Last commit	this month	1 mo ago

filesystem · Summary

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

mcp-gateway · Summary

A gateway solution that transforms any HTTP endpoint into MCP servers, offering multi-tenant isolation and centralized management.

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-gateway · Use cases

Transforming existing REST APIs into MCP tools for AI assistants
Aggregating multiple backend services into a unified tool interface
Creating tenant-specific MCP endpoints with different access levels

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-gateway · Install

Installation

Quick Start (Docker)

# Download the compose file
curl -fsSL -o mcp-gateway-compose.yml \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unrelated-ai/mcp-gateway/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml

# Start the stack
GATEWAY_VERSION=0.12.3 UI_VERSION=0.8.2 \
  docker compose -f mcp-gateway-compose.yml up -d

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to Claude Desktop config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gateway-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "--rm", "ghcr.io/unrelated-ai/mcp-gateway:latest"],
      "env": {
        "PROFILE_ID": "your-profile-id"
      }
    }
  }
}

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