filesystem vs mcp-victoriametrics

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	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol	mcp-victoriametrics by VictoriaMetrics
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filesystem · Summary

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

mcp-victoriametrics · Summary

MCP server for VictoriaMetrics providing full API access to monitoring and observability data.

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-victoriametrics · Use cases

Querying metrics and visualizing monitoring data in natural language
Analyzing and testing alerting rules without leaving the conversation
Exploring data cardinality and metric usage statistics for optimization

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-victoriametrics · Install

Installation Options

**Binary Download** (Recommended):

``bash latest=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/VictoriaMetrics/mcp-victoriametrics/releases/latest | grep 'tag_name' | cut -d" -f4) wget https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/mcp-victoriametrics/releases/download/$latest/mcp-victoriametrics_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz tar axvf mcp-victoriametrics_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz ``

**Docker**:

``bash docker run -d --name mcp-victoriametrics \ -e VM_INSTANCE_ENTRYPOINT=https://play.victoriametrics.com \ -e VM_INSTANCE_TYPE=cluster \ -e MCP_SERVER_MODE=sse \ -e MCP_LISTEN_ADDR=:8080 \ -p 8080:8080 \ ghcr.io/victoriametrics/mcp-victoriametrics ``

**From Source**:

``bash git clone https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/mcp-victoriametrics.git cd mcp-victoriametrics make build ``

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop config.json:

"mcpServers": {
  "victoriametrics": {
    "command": "path/to/mcp-victoriametrics",
    "args": ["-m", "sse", "-e", "https://your.victoriametrics.instance"]
  }
}

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