filesystem vs shodan-mcp

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

	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol	shodan-mcp by Vorota-ai
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Categories	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity	SecurityDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools
Language	TypeScript	Python
Last commit	this month	3 mo ago

filesystem · Summary

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

shodan-mcp · Summary

An MCP server providing 20 tools for Shodan reconnaissance, vulnerability intelligence, and DNS analysis.

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

shodan-mcp · Use cases

Security researchers conducting vulnerability reconnaissance
Network administrators monitoring exposed services
Developers investigating dependencies for security issues

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.

shodan-mcp · Install

Docker (recommended)

docker build -t shodan-mcp https://github.com/vorotaai/shodan-mcp.git

Using uv

git clone https://github.com/vorotaai/shodan-mcp.git
cd shodan-mcp
uv sync --all-groups
shodan-mcp

Using pip

git clone https://github.com/vorotaai/shodan-mcp.git
cd shodan-mcp
pip install .
shodan-mcp

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shodan-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "--rm", "-i", "-e", "SHODAN_API_KEY", "shodan-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SHODAN_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

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