Best MCP Servers for Filesystem in 2026
898 tools indexed · avg score 90.8 · sorted by AgentRank score
The AgentRank index tracks 898 filesystem tools. The top-ranked entry is SylphxAI/anymd at 98.4 points. Across the 10 shown here, the average AgentRank score is 90.8, and 10 had a commit in the last 30 days. The most common primary language is Python.
Filesystem MCP servers give AI agents read and write access to local and remote file systems. These tools are among the most fundamental MCP servers — they let language models open files, list directories, create and delete paths, and process documents without any custom glue code.
Common use cases include document processing pipelines, automated file organization, log analysis, and any workflow where an agent needs to persist or retrieve data locally. Most filesystem MCP servers include safety controls like path allowlisting to prevent agents from accessing sensitive system directories.
Look for filesystem tools with clear permission models and explicit path scoping. The best implementations let you whitelist specific directories and block writes to system paths, so you can give agents broad read access while still limiting the blast radius of any mistakes.
Top 10 Filesystem MCP Servers
- #1SylphxAI/anymd98.4
Any file → clean Markdown for AI agents: PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, EPUB, HTML and web pages, images (OCR), audio and video (metadata, subtitles, transcripts). A fast Rust MCP server and CLI tha...
Ranks here on 1.0k GitHub stars and an active commit 9 days ago, plus 100% of issues closed.Issue health 30.8Freshness 30.2Stars 15.4Contributors 10.7Description 6.2 - #2haris-musa/excel-mcp-server96.3
Excel MCP server: let AI (Claude, Cursor, Codex) create and edit Excel files with charts, PivotTables, slicers and formulas. No Excel required.
Ranks here on 4.2k GitHub stars and an active commit 10 days ago, plus 100% of issues closed.Issue health 25.6Freshness 24.8Downloads 16.7Stars 12.8Contributors 8.1 - #3VeraTools/vera92.7
Local code search combining BM25, vector similarity, and cross-encoder reranking. Parses 60+ languages with tree-sitter, runs entirely offline, and returns structured results with file paths, line...
Ranks here on an active commit 11 days ago and 100% of issues closed.Issue health 30.8Freshness 29.3Stars 10.7Contributors 9.7Description 6.2 - #4christopherkarani/Wax92.5
Shared Single-file memory layer for all your agents, sub mili-second RAG over text, photo and video on Apple Silicon.. No Server. No API. One File. Pure Swift
Ranks here on 804 GitHub stars and an active commit 19 days ago, plus 91% of issues closed.Issue health 28.1Freshness 26.5Stars 14.9Contributors 9.7Description 6.2 - #5atom2ueki/mcp-server-synology92.0
💾 Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Synology NAS - Enables AI assistants (Claude, Cursor, Continue) to manage files, downloads, and system operations through secure API integration. Features...
Ranks here on 225 GitHub stars and an active commit 20 days ago, plus 95% of issues closed.Issue health 29.3Freshness 25.8Stars 12.1Contributors 11.5Description 6.2 - #6termide/termide91.7
All-in-one terminal workspace for desktops and servers: editor with LSP, file manager with SFTP/FTP, terminal, git, database viewer and a coding agent in one zero-config static Rust binary.
Ranks here on an active commit 8 days ago and 100% of issues closed.Issue health 30.8Freshness 30.4Stars 11.5Contributors 7.9Description 6.2 - #7dtsola/xiaoyaosearch88.1
小遥搜索，听懂你的话、看懂你的图，用AI找到本地任何文件。让搜索像聊天一样简单。XiaoyaoSearch: Understands your words, reads your images, finds any local file with AI. Making search as easy as chatting.
Ranks here on 1.0k GitHub stars and an active commit 18 days ago, plus 100% of issues closed.Issue health 30.8Freshness 26.6Stars 15.4Description 6.2Contributors 5.6 - #8vstorm-co/pydantic-ai-backend87.4
File Storage & Sandbox Backends for Pydantic AI: console tools for file operations, Docker-isolated sandboxes for safe execution, and permission system with presets for access control. Enables secu...
Ranks here on a commit within the last week and 80% of issues closed.Freshness 30.6Issue health 24.6Stars 10.9Contributors 10.4Description 6.2 - #9jesstalisman-ia/intentional-arrangement-skos85.6
Build, validate, visualize, and publish SKOS taxonomies in your browser — standards-first, single self-contained file, with a REST API and MCP server.
Ranks here on an active commit 16 days ago and 100% of issues closed.Issue health 30.8Freshness 27.6Stars 10.3Contributors 7.2Description 6.2 - #10BRF-Tech/filex83.6
Self-hosted file manager & sharing with a web UI, in one Go binary - open-source alternative to Nextcloud, Dropbox and Google Drive. Web-based file browser for local, S3, SFTP, WebDAV, FTP and SMB...
Ranks here on an active commit 8 days ago and 87% of issues closed.Freshness 30.5Issue health 26.8Stars 8.7Contributors 6.5Description 6.2