filesystem vs mcp-victorialogs

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	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol	mcp-victorialogs by VictoriaMetrics
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 73
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Score	77	48
Official	✓	—
Categories	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity	MonitoringDeveloper ToolsOps & Infra
Language	TypeScript	Go
Last commit	this month	this month

filesystem · Summary

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

mcp-victorialogs · Summary

VictoriaLogs MCP server provides access to VictoriaLogs observability data through Model Context Protocol.

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-victorialogs · Use cases

Debugging system issues by querying logs through AI assistants
Automating observability tasks using AI-powered tools
Creating custom dashboards with log data through LLM integration

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-victorialogs · Install

Installation

Go

go install github.com/VictoriaMetrics/mcp-victorialogs/cmd/mcp-victorialogs@latest

Docker

docker run -d --name mcp-victorialogs \
  -e VL_INSTANCE_ENTRYPOINT=https://your-victorialogs-url \
  -e MCP_SERVER_MODE=http \
  -e MCP_LISTEN_ADDR=:8081 \
  -p 8081:8081 \
  ghcr.io/victoriametrics/mcp-victorialogs

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "victorialogs": {
      "command": "mcp-victorialogs",
      "args": ["--env", "VL_INSTANCE_ENTRYPOINT=https://your-victorialogs-url"]
    }
  }
}

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