Desktop Commander MCP

license

MIT(OSI)

source

public(the server and its tooling)

self-host

yes(npx, runs on your machine)

core features withheld

no — nothing withheld from the published tree

MIT over the whole server. A hosted relay exists for remote clients; the execution stays local.

• https://api.github.com/repos/wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP recorded 2026-09-17

  Repository metadata: spdx_id MIT, 9,643 stars, not archived, not a fork, last pushed 2026-09-17, description "This is MCP server for Claude that gives it terminal control, file system search and diff file editing capabilities".

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP/main/LICENSE recorded 2026-09-17

  The LICENSE body: the verbatim MIT text under "Copyright (c) 2024-2025 Eduard Ruzga and Desktop Commander Contributors".

Adoption is measured by npm downloads of `@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander`. The package is the server itself, not a client for it, and npx is the documented way to install and run it, so the download count is a direct signal of use rather than a proxy.

• https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-month/@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander recorded 2026-09-17

  npm downloads point API: 278,322 downloads for `@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander` over 2026-08-13 to 2026-09-11.

Desktop Commander offers a curated toolset over a single system, the caller's own machine, with no credential to broker: commands simply run under the caller's user permissions, level with filesystem-mcp. Its optional Remote MCP relay only authenticates the caller's device to itself, so execution stays local rather than reaching a broker credential or hosted service.

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP/main/README.md recorded 2026-09-17

  The README: install is `npx @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@latest setup` with an MCP config block carrying no secret. Features are terminal execution, filesystem operations, process control and document formats. Under the Remote MCP option: "You run a lightweight Remote Device on your computer... Commands execute locally, results return to your AI", with "Commands execute under your user permissions".