Filesystem MCP Server

Name: Filesystem MCP Server
Author: mark3labs

by mark3labs

Local file system access.

692Go

context tax

pending

security

97/100

cold start

pending

freshness

Stale11mo ago

Our reading of Filesystem, from the data

Filesystem is a file system MCP server from mark3labs.

We haven't measured its tool list yet, so its token cost is unknown.

It looks stale: the newest commit, release or package publish we found was 11 months ago (2025-11-23). For comparison, 58% of file system servers are active or maintained.

With 692 GitHub stars it ranks #5 of 129 file system servers we index.

Install Filesystem MCP server

No published package or hosted endpoint yet — see the repository README for build-from-source instructions.

Security signals

97/100 — no known issues found as of 2026-10-19, from the checks below. This is not a guarantee of safety; review what a server can do before connecting it.

Deductions

No security policy (SECURITY.md)-3

Checks

✓Repository hygiene (archived, activity, license, security policy)
○Package metadata (install scripts, provenance) — pending
○Tool descriptions (prompt-injection and hidden-text heuristics) — pending
○Source scan (secrets, CVEs, risky code) by vectra-guard — pending

Scan it yourself before installing with vectra-guard, the open-source agent security CLI (made by NavyaAI, which also runs MCPSkillHub). Scoring rules

Freshness

Stale — last maintenance signal 11mo ago. The newest of the signals below sets the band.

Last commit (default branch)
2025-11-23 · 11mo ago · GitHub
Latest release
2025-06-22 · 16mo ago · GitHub · v0.11.1
Package published
no data · npm/PyPI
Registry entry updated
no data · official registry

How it compares in File System

Against the most-starred file system servers we index. Token cost is per model turn, measured from each server's live tool list.

Server	Stars	Tools	Tokens / turn	Freshness	Runs
Filesystem (this)	692	—	not measured	Stale	—
Markitdown	190,947	—	not measured	Active	—
Filesystem	91,356	—	not measured	Active	local
Filesystem	39,318	—	not measured	Active	local + hosted
Plg Handler	14,805	—	not measured	Active	—
Everything Search	366	—	not measured	Active	local

All file system MCP servers

FAQ

›Is Filesystem in the official MCP registry?

No. It was indexed from awesome-mcp-servers (punkpeye).

Sources and method

GitHub repository: fetched 2026-10-19
Security signals, computed by us: 2026-10-19
Last checked against all sources: 2026-10-19

The description, packages and links come from the maintainer's own published metadata. Token cost, security signals, freshness and the reading above are MCPSkillHub's own measurements; see the methodology. Editorial standards are owned by Ramachandra Vikas Chamarthi, Founder & AI HPC Architect. Spot an error? Request a correction or claim the listing.