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Filesystem MCP Server

The official reference Filesystem MCP server (TypeScript) in the modelcontextprotocol/servers monorepo, providing secure file operations within configurable allowed directories - read/write/edit files, directory trees, search, media reads - with the MCP Roots protocol for dynamic access scoping.

MIT. One of the active reference servers; the monorepo has ~87k stars shared across all bundled servers, so per-server adoption isn't separable.

Openness

5 high confidence

5.0

license: MIT(OSI)
source: public
core-gated: ungated

Fully MIT reference server.

https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/filesystem recorded 2026-06-17
MIT, reference filesystem server

Adoption

3 low confidence

3.0

Bundled reference server; monorepo ~87k stars are shared across servers - stars_fallback (capped at 3).

https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers recorded 2026-06-17
~87.4k monorepo stars, filesystem among active reference servers

Capability

4 high confidence

4.0

Full local-filesystem surface with sandboxed access controls.

https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/filesystem recorded 2026-06-17
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Unchanged since 2026-07-30 (last edited, not re-checked)